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Amy Lowell - Song

Oh!  To be a flower
Nodding in the sun,
Bending, then upspringing
As the breezes run;
Holding up
A scent-brimmed cup,
Full of summer's fragrance to the summer sun.
Oh!  To be a butterfly
Still, upon a flower,
Winking with its painted wings,
Happy in the hour.
Blossoms hold
Mines of gold
Deep within the farthest heart of each chaliced flower.
Oh!  To be a cloud
Blowing through the blue,
Shadowing the mountains,
Rushing loudly through
Valleys deep
Where torrents keep
Always their plunging thunder and their misty arch of blue.
Oh!  To be a wave
Splintering on the sand,
Drawing back, but leaving
Lingeringly the land.
Rainbow light
Flashes bright
Telling tales of coral caves half hid in yellow sand.
Soon they die, the flowers;
Insects live a day;
Clouds dissolve in showers;
Only waves at play
Last forever.
Shall endeavor
Make a sea of purpose mightier than we dream to-day?

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Song - Comments and Information

Poet: Amy Lowell
Poem: 13. Song
Volume: A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass
- Lyrical Poems
Poem of the Day: Jun 3 2006

Comment 1 of 1, added on June 6th, 2007 at 6:50 PM.

I luv your poems also this one because when I read it I feel like my grandma right next to me.

Alexis Zavala from United States

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