Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HALCYON DAYS, by MCMYNN ELIZABETH P.


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HALCYON DAYS, by                    
First Line: A mystic calm broods over all the land
Last Line: Your death is but the prelude to rebirth.
Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


A mystic calm broods over all the land;
The painted leaves fall gently one by one,
And prostrate lie beneath a half-veiled sun
As warm as June, but softer and more bland.
This pensive loveliness cannot withstand
The advancing foe. November soon will come.
Meanwhile these treasured days are halcyon,
As autumn smiles and waves a parting hand.

I count each day as misers count their gold,
And yearn to hold the beauty so soon past --
The glory of its colors manifold,
Too fleeting, too ethereal to last.
Poor fading leaves that now enrich the earth,
Your death is but the prelude to rebirth.





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