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The Shadow

Soft as the bed in the earth  
Where a stone has lain—  
So soft, so smooth and so cool,  
Spring closes me in  
With her arms and her hands.          
 
Rich as the smell  
Of new earth on a stone,  
That has lain, breathing  
The damp through its pores—  
Spring closes me in          
With her blossomy hair;  
Brings dark to my eyes.

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  • PoeticFlame
    June 21, 2005
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    I like the way that this author has described his love for nature like the love of a lover. Delicately beautiful, but you know that Nature has its secrets. Williams knew that, and he explains it very well in this poem