Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ERNEST DOWSON, by DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI


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ERNEST DOWSON, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: By the limpid pool at twilight
Last Line: Then, my soul s sovereign deity,
Subject(s): Death; Dowson, Ernest (1867-1900); Dead, The


By the limpid pool at twilight,
Sat he
Wearily watching its slumberous deep,
Like his sad soul,
For jeweled fishes?
Like the phantoms of his dreams,
That elude imagination's reach;
Like those airy beings far-soaring overhead
In the
Pale-colored, star-crowned height?
A faint smile lay on his pale lips,
Like the
Last, low, lingering light
That slides
Adown the inverted cup of blue,
To make room for her,
The shining star.
Gently drooped his golden head;
As the pool drew its veil of black,
He fell asleep,
By the woodside green and dark.





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