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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COME, LET US WATCH, by GEORGE RICHARD KAYTON First Line: Come, let us watch the moon rise from the gate! Last Line: Out of the granite of life's grudging power. | |||
Come, let us watch the moon rise from the gate! We'll think not of the future or the past; Or how the world is breaking much too fast Upon intolerant rocks of jagged hate ... Come, let us watch before it is too late! This youth (in which we revel) will not last; And age's sober shadow will be cast Upon us with tenaciousness sedate ... Come, let us watch the mounting, mellow moon! There is no time to linger or to waste; No time to wander with a cherished tune Through rural streets where leaves are raked and placed ... Come, let us watch and carve a haven hour Out of the granite of life's grudging power. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOCTURNAL QUESTION by GEORGE RICHARD KAYTON REQUIEM by GEORGE RICHARD KAYTON UNNECESSARY by GEORGE RICHARD KAYTON A SNOW-STORM; SCENE IN A VERMONT WINTER by CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN THE YEAR'S AWAKENING by THOMAS HARDY A NEWPORT ROMANCE by FRANCIS BRET HARTE THE WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS (THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON) by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW EPITAPH FOR ONE WHO WOULD NOT BE BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALEXANDER POPE TO A LADY: SHE REFUSING TO CONTINUE A DISPUTE WITH ME by MATTHEW PRIOR EROS TURANNOS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON STILL FALLS THE RAIN; THE RAIDS, 1940. NIGHT AND DAWN by EDITH SITWELL |
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