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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR OTHERS, by JULIA EKLUND First Line: Across the sky the staring moon rides high Last Line: The scorning horde with a triumphant cry! Subject(s): Love | |||
Across the sky the staring moon rides high, The white light shed upon the gleaming snow— The night is bitter as the chill wind's cry Soon lost amid the shivering brakes below. But that is all without—here safe with you Within the shelter of your circling arm What care have I that this sweet thing we do Might seem to others fraught with lurking harm? This stolen hour is worth the little price That's put upon it by restraining hands; Full well I know they shake the loaded dice And heat the irons for the searing brands— But though the world might flay, I still defy The scorning horde with a triumphant cry! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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