The black panther treads at my side, And above my fingers There float the petal-like flames. The milk-white girls Unbend from the holly-trees, And their snow-white leopard Watches to follow our trace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTED by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING by ROBERT FROST CITY TREES by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY ZION, OR THE CITY OF GOD by JOHN NEWTON THE WOODSPURGE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: DEDICATORY SONNET by EDMUND SPENSER THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 2. THE FLOWER ASLEEP by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |