Tell me, dear beauty of the dusk,
When purple ribbons bind the hill,
Do dreams your secret wish fulfill,
Do prayers, like kernels from the husk
Come from your lips? Tell me if when
The mountains loom at night, giant shades
Of softer shadow, swift like blades
Of grass seeds come to flower. Then
Tell me if the night winds bend
Them towards me, if the Shenandoah
As it ripples past your shore,
Catches the soul of what you send.
Tell Me
Jean Toomer
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Poem topics: beauty, flower, purple, dear, soul, shore, grass, shadow, secret, swift, night, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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