Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NIGHT AND SHADOWS, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE


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NIGHT AND SHADOWS, by                    
First Line: But yesterday I watched the shadows play
Last Line: If I remember morning speeds the night.
Subject(s): Light; Moon; Night; Shadows; Bedtime


But yesterday I watched the shadows play
Across the golden fields. Soft clouds went by
With lazy grace; they dappled dreary-gray
The sunny hills, and hid the tender sky.
Last night the moon chased shadows through the trees;
They quivered as they lay upon the ground,
And eerie whispers ran along the breeze
Where crimson autumn once the summer crowned.

I found the blue and gold in yesterday.
Today dark shadows drift across my sky—
And life flows on ... clouds leave my sky dull gray,
And listening I hear the night-wind sigh—
How well for me when shadows dim my light,
If I remember MORNING speeds the NIGHT.





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