Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MEMORY OF EARTH, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography First Line: In the wet dusk silver sweet Last Line: "so to close her tragic story." Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Death; Earth; Memory; Tragedy; Dead, The; World | ||||||||
IN the wet dusk silver sweet, Down the violet scented ways, As I moved with quiet feet I was met by mighty days. On the hedge the hanging dew Glassed the eve and stars and skies; While I gazed a madness grew Into thundered battle cries. Where the hawthorn glimmered white, Flashed the spear and fell the stroke Ah, what faces pale and bright Where the dazzling battle broke! There a hero-hearted queen With young beauty lit the van: Gone! the darkness flowed between All the ancient wars of man. While I paced the valley's gloom Where the rabbits pattered near, Shone a temple and a tomb With the legend carven clear: "Time put by a myriad fates That her day might dawn in glory; Death made wide a million gates So to close her tragic story." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS GEOMETAPHYSICS by MARGARET AVISON NIAGARA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOPHISTICATION by CONRAD AIKEN I SEE CHILE IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR by AGHA SHAHID ALI WASHING OUR HANDS OF THE REST OF AMERICA by MARVIN BELL THE EARTH IS A LIVING THING by LUCILLE CLIFTON A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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