Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GOLDEN HOUR, by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON


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THE GOLDEN HOUR, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I must be golden for your eyes to find
Last Line: Before our trust, and our averted eyes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs.
Subject(s): Happiness; Laughter; Joy; Delight


I MUST be golden for your eyes to find,
And silent to the wonder of your speech,
Or laughing the light laughter of the mind
That flies beyond this spirit's narrow reach;
Or you may seek the wistful, childish thing,
Tired with the shout and clamour of its play,
Serene at heart, that takes no reckoning
Of joy grown constant, day on shining day.

But what there is within me of dark dread
Shall keep its prison. Barred against despair,
At length I may know the restless captive dead,
Walled from the sun and the blue living air.
And in our perilous day no ghost can rise
Before our trust, and our averted eyes.





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