Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VISION, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: O sister, sister, from the case- / ment leaning Last Line: "I saw,"" she said, ""I saw""and spake no more." Subject(s): Vision; Wandering & Wanderers | ||||||||
"O SISTER, sister, from the casement leaning, What sees thy tranced eye, what is the meaning Of the strange rapture that thy features know?" "I see," she said, "the sunset's crimson glow." "O sister, sister, from the casement turning, What saw'st thou there save sunset's sullen burning? Thy hand is ice, and fever lights thine eye!" "I saw," she said, "the twilight drifting by." "O sister, oft the sun hath set and often Have we beheld the twilight fold and soften The edge of dayIn this no mystery lies!" "I saw," she said, "the crescent moon arise." O sister, speak! I fear when on me falleth Thine empty glance which some wild spell enthralleth! How chill the air blows through the open door!" "I saw," she said, "I saw"and spake no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FOLK SINGER OF THE THIRTIES by JAMES DICKEY WANDERER IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by CLARENCE MAJOR THE WANDERER: A ROCOCO STUDY (FIRST VERSION) by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE WANDERER by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN LONG GONE by STERLING ALLEN BROWN BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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