Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ZEPHYR; FRAGMENT, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO First Line: In the calm of one summer evening Last Line: On that sweet summer night. Subject(s): Memory; Sisters | ||||||||
In the calm of one summer evening, Far over the star-lit lea, And over its soft sweet grasses, A zephyr came to me; A zephyr came from the northlands, Far, far from the realms of snow; But its breath was as warm as the springtime's, And it passed over you, I know. I heard, as it came through the willows, It's laughter low and sweet; And it danced through the flower-fringed pathways. With silvery fairy-feet; It shook the loose lace curtains, And played in their fold of white. And it swayed the slumbering flowrets That dreamed in the moon-lit night. I thought, as I sat near the window, And gazed into starry space, That, perhaps, its soft warm fingers Had swept across your face; That, perchance, for a fleeting moment, It had rested upon your brow, In a silent benediction; Such as I breathed but now. So backward I flung the curtain, And I leaned into the air, That I might feel the zephyr Sweep back my tangled hair; I tried to grasp unto me Its mystic phantom wings; I tried to hear my sister's voice Say tender, low voiced things. It tossed about the ringlets, And flung them in my face; It crept into my thin, white sleeve, And whispered through its lace; O'er arms and neck and through my hair, It played a merry game; But here it died into the night It seemed to breathe my name. It seemed to me like ages Since my sister spoke that word, I know 'tis but a childish thought, Which yet, to me, seems right. That 'twas your voice that spoke my name, On that sweet summer night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HYMN FOR LANIE POO by AMIRI BARAKA CALMING KALI by LUCILLE CLIFTON FAR MEMORY: 1. CONVENT by LUCILLE CLIFTON FAR MEMORY: 4. TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS LIFE by LUCILLE CLIFTON FAR MEMORY: 6. KARMA by LUCILLE CLIFTON MY SISTER, THE QUEEN by EDWARD FIELD A DREAM OF LIFE by MIRIAM DEL BANCO A FLOW'RET IN THE GARLAND; FOR OUT GREAT CENTENARIAN by MIRIAM DEL BANCO |
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