I MADE a ring of leaves On the autumn grass: I was a fairy queen all day. Inside the ring, the wind wore sandals Not to make a noise of going. The caterpillars, like little snow men, Had wound themselves in their winter coats. The hands of the trees were bare And their fingers fluttered. I was a queen of yellow leaves and brown, And the redness of my fairy ring Kept me warm. For the wind blew near, Though he made no noise of going, And I hadn't a close-made wrap Like the caterpillars. Even a queen of fairies can be cold When summer has forgotten and gone! Keep me warm, red leaves; Don't let the frost tiptoe into my ring On the magic grass! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INDIAN NAMES by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY SATIRES: 51. UPON NOTHING by JOHN WILMOT FEBRUARY THAW by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE OVIPAROUS TAILOR by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE HORSE THIEF by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 53. FAREWELL TO JULIET (15) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |