Ephemera
Silver-green lanterns tossing among windy branches : So an old man thinks Of the loves of his youth.
Amy Lowell
Silver-green lanterns tossing among windy branches : So an old man thinks Of the loves of his youth.
Imagine silver-green lanterns tossing among windy branches. They are probably leaves or blossoms catching the light, restless and flickering. Then the thought turns to an old man, and the comparison lands: those bright, unsteady lights remind him of the loves of his youth.
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