A black figure dances in a black field. A black figure dances in a black field. It seizes a sheet-from the ground, from a bush-as if spread there by some washwoman It seizes a sheet-from the ground, from a bush-as if spread there by some washwoman for the night. for the night. It wraps the sheet around its body, until the black figure It wraps the sheet around its body, until the black figure is silver. is silver. It dances down a furrow, in the early light, back of It dances down a furrow, in the early light, back of a crazy plough, the green blades following. a crazy plough, the green blades following. How soon the silver fades in the dust ! How soon the How soon the silver fades in the dust ! How soon the black figure slips from the wrinkled sheet How black figure slips from the wrinkled sheet How softly the sheet falls to the ground ! softly the sheet falls to the ground ! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MERLIN AND THE GLEAM by ALFRED TENNYSON THE BLUEBIRD by WILLIAM P. ALEXANDER AN AUTUMN NIGHT by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS IDYLL 2. EROS AND THE FOWLER by BION THE HEATHER ON FIRE by MATHILDE BLIND THE WAKE OF TIM O'HARA (SEVEN DIALS) by ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN TO MEN ABOUT TO WAR (SYNCHRONIZED SONNET, INVENTED BY THE AUTHOR) by EDWARD RALPH CHEYNEY |