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AMORIS EXSUL: 11. ARQUES: 2. AFTERNOON by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: GENTLY A LITTLE BREEZE BEGINS TO CREEP
Last Line: FLOAT FARTHER OFF AGAINST THE BLUE.

Gently a little breeze begins to creep
Into the valley, and the sleeping trees
Are stirred, and breathe a little in their sleep,
And nod, half-wakened, to the breeze.

Cool little quiet shadows wander out
Across the fields, and dapple with dark trails
The snake-grey road coiled stealthily about
The green hill climbing from the vales.

And faintlier, in this cooler peace of things,
My brooding thoughts, a scattered flock grown few,
Withdrawn upon their melancholy wing,
Float farther off against the blue.



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