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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A 'RISE', by ERNEST MCGAFFEY First Line: Under the shadows of a cliff Last Line: The black bass rises to the fly. | |||
UNDER the shadows of a cliff Crowned with a growth of stately pine An angler moors his rocking skiff And o'er the ripple casts his line, And where the darkling current crawls Like thistle-down the gay lure falls. Then from the depths a silver gleam Quick flashes, like a jewel bright, Up through the waters of the stream An instant visible to sight -- As lightning cleaves the sombre sky The black bass rises to the fly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS THE DAY BREAKS by ERNEST MCGAFFEY LITTLE BIG HORN by ERNEST MCGAFFEY KATHMANDU GUEST HOUSE by KAREN SWENSON WHISPERS OF IMMORTALITY by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT THE OLD CHURCHYARD OF BONCHURCH by PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON POMONA by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 50 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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