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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING IN ENGLAND, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: From its blue vase the rose of evening drops Last Line: I and a marsh bird only make a wail. Subject(s): World War I - Great Britain | |||
From its blue vase the rose of evening drops; Upon the streams its petals float away. The hills all blue with distance hide their tops In the dim silence falling on the grey. A little wind said "Hush!" and shook a spray Heavy with May's white crop of opening bloom; A silent bat went dipping in the gloom. Night tells her rosary of stars full soon, They drop from out her dark hand to her knees. Upon a silhouette of woods, the moon Leans on one horn as if beseeching ease From all her changes which have stirred the seas. Across the ears of Toil, Rest throws her veil. I and a marsh bird only make a wail. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EXPEDITIONAL by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB LINES WRITTEN IN SURREY, 1917 by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE A CHANT OF LOVE FOR ENGLAND by HELEN GRAY CONE ENGLAND'S ENEMY by JOHN FREEMAN ENGLAND TO FREE MEN by JOHN GALSWORTHY THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1776 by MAURICE HENRY HEWLETT SUBALTERNS: A SONG OF OXFORD by MILDRED HUXLEY TO THE OXFORD MEN IN THE WAR by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY EVENING CLOUDS by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE |
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