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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIGURE, by GEORGE BRANDON SAUL
First Line: The fire speaks; the clouds shudder
Last Line: Forgetting, as men must forget, their dreams done.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: The fire speaks; the clouds shudder
Last Line: Forgetting, as men must forget, their dreams done.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
The fire speaks; the clouds shudder;
Shadow on shadow covers the sun.
It is a day's end; the windows darken.
The flame mutters. The light is gone.
Over the fields, a shape darker,
Ruggeder, more obtuse than all
The darkness tangled about his movements
Comes, and his shoulders droop. The owls call.
The owls call, and the hour falters.
The winds shuffle under the hill.
A gate clicks, and a door closes.
The winds yield to the night's will.
It is well as it is, at the day's passing;
He will laugh tomorrow and face the sun,
Forgetting this hour of broken spirit --
Forgetting, as men must forget, their dreams done.
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