Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN THE LIBRARY, by CLINTON SCOLLARD


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First Line: From the oriels one by one
Last Line: Premonitions of the morn!
Subject(s): Books; Libraries & Librarians; Speech; Reading; Oratory; Orators


FROM the oriels, one by one,
Slowly fades the setting sun;
On the marge of afternoon
Stands the new-born crescent moon;
In the twilight's crimson glow
Dim the quiet alcoves grow;
Drowsy-lidded Silence smiles
On the long, deserted aisles;
Out of every shadowy nook
Spirit faces seem to look,
Some with smiling eyes, and some
With a sad entreaty dumb; --
He who shepherded his sheep
On the wild Sicilian steep,
He above whose grave are set
Sprays of Roman violet; --
Poets, sages -- all who wrought
In the crucible of thought.
Day by day as seasons glide
On the great eternal tide,
Noiselessly they gather thus
In the twilight beauteous,
Hold communion each with each,
Closer than our earthly speech,
Till within the east are born
Premonitions of the morn!





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