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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EUCALYPTUS, by GRACE REINI First Line: Tattered shreds of wind-blown dress Last Line: Why must clothing hide a tree? Subject(s): Eucalyptus Trees | |||
Tattered shreds of wind-blown dress Reveal your naked loveliness. Castanetted fingers play Rhythmic dance to white limbs' sway. Their garments reaching to the grass, Frowning kindred say, "Alas!" Ragged beauty -- happy, free -- Why must clothing hide a tree? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TREES IN AUTUMN by ANNE MILLAY BREMER THE FLYING MOUSE (NEW SOUTH WALES -- MOONLIGHT) by WILLIAM SHARP POSTHUMOUS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE CRY OF THE HUMAN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING TO SENECA LAKE by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL EROS TURANNOS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE PERSIANS (PERSAE): THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS by AESCHYLUS DRINKING; PARAPHRASED by ANACREON |
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