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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RESIDUUM, by LEONORA CLAWSON STRYKER First Line: Had the year an april Last Line: Only dead leaves! | |||
Had the year an April, Was there a June? How could they have vanished, So soon -- so soon! I waited patiently, Watched changing skies; And then the summer passed Before my eyes! My fingers caught her skirt -- Plucked at her sleeves: And yet my grasp retained Only dead leaves! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE OF AN ANCIENT POET by LEONORA CLAWSON STRYKER ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 5. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE SHEPHERD'S SONG: A CAROL OR HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS by EDMUND BOLTON A CONTRAST, BETWEEN TWO EMINENT DIVINES by JOHN BYROM HER HEART BREADS SILENCE by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE THE LORDS OF LIFE: 2. JUPITER by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE THE PENNY OWING by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE TO THE MEMORY OF MARY YOUNG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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