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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TENNYSON, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY
First Line: As one each evening with a new surprise
Last Line: Autumnal splendors of the waning woods.
Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Dead, The; Paradise
First Line: As one each evening with a new surprise
Last Line: Autumnal splendors of the waning woods.
Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Dead, The; Paradise
As one each evening with a new surprise,
Spieth sweet Hesper, from the fading West
Filling with light,—largest and loveliest
In the returning hosts that throng the skies,
What time the twilight-gates of Paradise,
Awhile ajar, reveal the realms of Rest—
Canaan unreached—whose vision makes us blest
With sacred sadness, till our tears uprise;—
So, ever smitten with a new delight,
We turn to thee,—Hesper of Poesy,—
Subdued effulgence,—depth of perfect light,
Drawn from rare twilights upon sky and sea;
From dim-lit lowlands, sombre solitudes,
Autumnal splendors of the waning woods.
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