Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAWN, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poet's Biography First Line: The sun rends the long veils of smoke, and the fogs Last Line: Along the track of ancient unreality. Subject(s): Dawn; London; Sunrise | ||||||||
THE sun rends the long veils of smoke, and the fogs Of night shift and vanish in upper air: While the eternal huddle of chimneys now To the light pour forth their praise from yawning mouths. Blackened with grief, blistered with lust of life, Unconquerable and unconquered, they cast their spell: Crowding with vague forms the infinite emptiness Of the pale seas of air that stretch out from dawn to dark. Now man awakes to another day, to a life That has forgotten its past, -- that must forget all days to come. Until the incontrollable impulse is exhausted, Until no more feet sound, no more voices shake with desire, Towards the illusion circle-wise he treads Along the track of ancient unreality. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BURNING DAWN by HAYDEN CARRUTH DAWN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN THE GARDEN AT THE DAWN HOUR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EARLY RISER by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WORDS WHEN WE NEED THEM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE ARIZONA POEMS: 2. MEXICAN QUARTER by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER |
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