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Fannie Stearns Davis Poems

  • Water Fantasy
    O brown brook, O blithe brook, what will you say to me
    If I take off my heavy shoon and wade you childishly?

    O take them off, and come to me....
  • The Narrow Doors
    The Wide Door into Sorrow
    Stands open night and day.
    With head held high and dancing feet
    I pass it on my way....
  • The Ancient Beautiful Things
    I am all alone in the room.
    The evening stretches before me
    Like a road all delicate gloom
    Till it reaches the midnight's gate....
  • Souls
    My Soul goes clad in gorgeous things,
    Scarlet and gold and blue;
    And at her shoulder sudden wings
    Like long flames flicker through....
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Long 3 Never 3 Secret 3 Gold 2 God 2 Heart 2 Good 2 Dark 2 Wide 2 Life 2


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Reaganrevoltion: reading du bois - he’s quoting ohio born poet fannie stearns davis’s poem as he closes his reflections on the defeat of reconstruction.
Mindfulspot: i will go up the mountain after the moon: samuel chelpka recites moon folly by fannie stearns davis
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