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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EONS GONE, by HELEN EMMA MARING
First Line: Eons, gone and forgotten, I was a neptune daughter
Last Line: Of ages time forgot and dreams I can't recall.
Alternate Author Name(s): Payne, Lorrin A., Mrs.
Subject(s): Past
First Line: Eons, gone and forgotten, I was a neptune daughter
Last Line: Of ages time forgot and dreams I can't recall.
Alternate Author Name(s): Payne, Lorrin A., Mrs.
Subject(s): Past
Eons, gone and forgotten, I was a Neptune daughter.
The curling wings of a skate, and moving reed-held water
Were motions of a mood that left me strangely dreaming.
The earth was far and queer, like places that were seeming.
Eons gone, I swam with silver fins a-quiver
Sensing tides that swelled and cool inpouring river,
Sensing winds and moons and desolate ice reaches,
Fearing sunlight's rays and luring golden beaches.
Far and away, with life, a thing of fin and motion,
Darting to green-black depths at a start or notion,
Eons lost and gone, I swam against the thrall
Of ages time forgot and dreams I can't recall.
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