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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LATE AFTERNOON, by GRACE REINI First Line: I shall not look upon late afternoon Last Line: And I shall never know if daylight fades. | |||
I shall not look upon late afternoon When love grown weary languishes in sleep. So carefully my watchful shears will prune Each drooping flower, that growing strength will keep Fresh daily blooms to deck my house and wake A drowsy love. My lamp will burn so bright That dazzled Destiny must fail to break Into a sacristy obscured by light. Ensnared by hearth that will outwarm the sun, My love in slippered luxury will stay: Contented as the cozy clock upon My mantlepiece that purrs the hours away. Discreetly I shall draw the window shades And I shall never know if daylight fades. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TUNK (A LECTURE ON MODERN EDUCATION) by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: AMI GREEN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 26. FIRST LOVE by THOMAS CAMPION MILES KEOGH'S HORSE by JOHN MILTON HAY THE ARTIST PHILOSOPHER by DAISY MAUD BELLIS THE TOYS' COMPLAINT by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR IL GELOSO by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON OCCASIONAL ELEGY, IN WHICH 'THE SHIPWRECK' IS CONCLUDED by WILLIAM FALCONER |
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