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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WE WHO HAVE WATCHED, by SYDNEY KING RUSSELL First Line: We who have watched the hounds of morning run Last Line: Beneath the shadow of a darkening sky. | |||
We who have watched the hounds of morning run Across the hills and strangely disappear Into the pastures of oblivion, Their baying lost to the pursuing ear, We who have watched the hounds are left to wonder What splendid quarry theirs, what eager chase, What cry of triumph and what answering thunder Shall urge their flying feet to quickened pace? The sun drops softly . . . and the day, forlorn, Numbers its moments with but few to spare; From far the echo of a huntsman's horn Challenges mind and heart to hasten where The hounds of evening wander in full cry Beneath the shadow of a darkening sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE SONG by SYDNEY KING RUSSELL MIDSUMMER by SYDNEY KING RUSSELL ONE SPAKE TO HELEN by SYDNEY KING RUSSELL REMINDER by SYDNEY KING RUSSELL SILENCE by SYDNEY KING RUSSELL BALLAD: TIME OF ROSES by THOMAS HOOD STRANGE MEETING by WILFRED OWEN |
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