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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TITAN'S JEWEL, by RUTH HUGHES
First Line: The lake has the lustre of shadowed metal
Last Line: Catching the day like a titan's jewel.
Subject(s): Rain
First Line: The lake has the lustre of shadowed metal
Last Line: Catching the day like a titan's jewel.
Subject(s): Rain
The lake has the lustre of shadowed metal --
Silver, dappled with mirrored night;
This blur of evening, the pale storm light,
Soon in the dark of the water will settle.
There will be falling gently, petals
Of flowering rain; and the after glare
Of lightning, brief on the blackened air;
And the water circles of sinking petals.
Lover of rain and the crudded sky --
Dancer before the awaking wind --
Dance till the wind shall close its eye,
The rain flowers wither, and a darkness end --
And then lie bright in the morning-cool,
Catching the day like a Titan's jewel.
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