Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIVER DON, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: O placid don! I see thee flow Last Line: With cross above, thy waters by. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Don, River (russia); Russia; Soviet Union; Russians | ||||||||
O PLACID Don! I see thee flow With shallow, snowy-sanded stream, While light the steppe-winds o'er thee blow, And cranes and gray-winged herons dream, -- Safe as beside some dark lagoon, -- Along thy banks in breezeless noon. The Cossack wanders from thy shore, But never finds a wave so fair; Thy summer lapse, thy winter roar, Still greet him in remotest air; And death is sweet if he may lie, With cross above, thy waters by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 259 by LYN HEJINIAN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES THE DIAMOND PERSONA by NORMAN DUBIE IN MEMORIAM: 1933 (7. RUSSIA: ANNO 1905) by CHARLES REZNIKOFF TAKE A LETTER TO DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH by CARL SANDBURG READING THE RUSSIANS by RUTH STONE THE SOVIET CIRCUS VISITS HAVANA, 1969 by VIRGIL SUAREZ A PROBLEM IN AESTHETICS by KAREN SWENSON COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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