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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SUMMER SANCTUARY, by JOHN HALL INGHAM First Line: I found a yellow flower in the grass Last Line: I understood it all. | |||
I FOUND a yellow flower in the grass, A tiny flower with petals like a bell, And yet, methought, more than a flower it was, -- More like a miracle. Above, the sky was clear, save where at times Soft-tinted fleeces drifted dreamily, Bearing a benison to sunny climes From altars of the sea. In vestments green the pines about me gleamed Like priests that tend the sacrificial fire; And the faint-lowing cattle almost seemed Some far intoning choir. It was a place and an occasion meet For some high, solemn wonder to befall; And, when I saw the flower at my feet, I understood it all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GRAMERCY PARK by SARA TEASDALE JOHN WINTER by LAURENCE BINYON ON THE RHINE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES THE DAY IS DONE by PHOEBE CARY CHRISTMAS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT A SAD, SAD STORY by MOTHER GOOSE THE BIRD FANCIER by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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