Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING, by ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN Poet's Biography First Line: From upland slopes I see the cows file by Last Line: Shine out the stars, and the great night comes on. Subject(s): Evening; Nature; Sunset; Twilight | ||||||||
FROM upland slopes I see the cows file by, Lowing, great-chested, down the homeward trail, By dusking fields and meadows shining pale With moon-tipped dandelions; flickering high, A peevish night-hawk in the western sky Beats up into the lucent solitudes, Or drops with griding wing; the stilly woods Grow dark and deep, and gloom mysteriously. Cool night-winds creep and whisper in mine ear; The homely cricket gossips at my feet; From far-off pools and wastes of reeds I hear With ebb and change the chanting frogs break sweet In full Pandean chorus; one by one Shine out the stars, and the great night comes on. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE |
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