Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume V. Nature. 1904. | | | | V. Trees: Flowers: Plants | | The Sea-Poppy | | Robert Bridges (1844–1930) |
| | | A POPPY grows upon the shore | |
| Bursts her twin cup in summer late: | |
| Her leaves are glaucous green and hoar, | |
| Her petals yellow, delicate. | |
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| Oft to her cousins turns her thought, | 5 |
| In wonder if they care that she | |
| Is fed with spray for dew, and caught | |
| By every gale that sweeps the sea. | |
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| She has no lovers like the Red | |
| That dances with the noble Corn: | 10 |
| Her blossoms on the waves are shed, | |
| Where she sits shivering and forlorn. | | | | |
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