Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUNSET, by MARIE ESTLIN


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SUNSET, by                    
First Line: To know the magic spell of skies and sands
Last Line: Entranced to linger thus, perchance to dream.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight


To know the magic spell of skies and sands
As oblique rays of evening's sinking sun
Reach out to paint the drifting clouds, each one
In radiant colors, while crystal sands
Stretch out toward the sea like pale white hands.
The iridescent waters leaping run
As if to catch the disappearing sun,
Slipping below the earth to distant lands.

The darkening shadows of the red-gold light
Shed Favonian lustre on the scene,
The rippling waters fill the balmy night
With never-ceasing music, while the gleam
Of mystic lights from far-off ships we sight;
Entranced to linger thus, perchance to dream.





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