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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCHOOL-DAYS, by GODFREY ELTON
First Line: I think that, even as then, there must be hours
Last Line: The silent air swoons into an august night.
Subject(s): Oxford University; Rugby, England; Schools; Students
First Line: I think that, even as then, there must be hours
Last Line: The silent air swoons into an august night.
Subject(s): Oxford University; Rugby, England; Schools; Students
I THINK that, even as then, there must be hours
When great, cool suns in summer set like shields
Beyond the long grey line of Rugby towers,
When all the weary air strange perfume yields,
Being now made sweet with many months of flowers,
And through the unending hedge-divided fields,
In small, top-hatted parties, very slow
They wander down where those long railways go.
The yellow moon is like a broken crown,
And like old incense is the new-cut hay,
As one of those long evenings draws down,
And as a thing forgotten dies the day.
The distant lights come out in Rugby town,
And slow bells sound from very far away,
As full of scents, and touched by tender light,
The silent air swoons into an August night.
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