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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGY, by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM First Line: You are more beautiful than nocturnes played Last Line: That wears a sacredness since he has gone. | |||
YOU are more beautiful than nocturnes played Beneath the silver shadowing of night; More gorgeous than wild plum when it has swayed Against the moon and caught her shining white. You are more fragile than a morning mist Above the trembling fingers of a stream. You are more silent than the amethyst On sunset-capped syringas in a dream. You are more beautiful than stencilling, Along Montana gumbo, by the dawn; More treasured than a lover's murmuring That wears a sacredness since he has gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BROKEN LINES by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM CAPUT MORTUUM by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM CASTILIAN BODY by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM CLASSIC NIGHT by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM CONVERSATION by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM DAY PIECE by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM DEAN SWIFT by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM DEATH IS... by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM DEFINITIONS by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM |
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