Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OLD YEAR, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The moon was going down; the empty trees shook, sighing Last Line: Remaining. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): Holidays; New Year; Time | ||||||||
The moon was going down; the empty trees shook, sighing, The frost breath in the grasses sere Made joyless anthem; one more year Was dying. Abroad a smuggled light, a luckless light was waning Over the houses hushed, and I Stood numbed, with neither love nor sigh Remaining. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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