Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GARTH, by CAMILLE MAUCLAIR


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First Line: The weary leafage wanes
Last Line: A child indeed, and with a child's wide eyes. ...
Subject(s): Calm; Nature; Placid; Undisturbed; Tranquility


THE weary leafage wanes
Along the waterway, along the copse;
The forest feels the rain's
Light-glancing drops.

The grey cloud sleeps above the close,
The vine is mirrored where the water flows,
The wind is calm, the drops slow-drawn
From topmost leaf to leaf aground
At last fall gently to the lawn
With scarce a sound.

On the horizon the last light delays,
All things fade out in the autumnal haze,
The laggard twilight hearkens to the streams,
The ruddy garth with sleep is now fulfilled,
Hard by a window gleams ...
The night of God will soon have all things stilled.

O influence of the rainfall and the hours
On nature and upon my soul this night,
On all my yearning to be calm this night!

To calm forgetfulness all things are led,
Wane out in sleep that comes to them at will.
Not ev'n the forest's self shows any dread:
I only slumberless behold them still,
Their mild consentment in the day's demise,
A child indeed, and with a child's wide eyes. ...





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