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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SILVER AND LAVENDER, by WILLIAM SHATTUCK
First Line: The asters now put on the lavender
Last Line: Silver and lavender clothes earth and sky.
Subject(s): Asters; Clothing & Dress; Flowers; Grief; Lavender; Silver; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: The asters now put on the lavender
Last Line: Silver and lavender clothes earth and sky.
Subject(s): Asters; Clothing & Dress; Flowers; Grief; Lavender; Silver; Sorrow; Sadness
THE asters now put on the lavender
Of grief remembered, yet grief half-assuaged —
The tender purple in the sky astir
Upon the ground in little stars engaged:
Tears have been shed, these tiny eyes declare;
Tears shall be shed, but still is Heaven fair.
Pale mourning for dead Summer clothes the silver-rod —
Those frosty flowers that still defy the frost —
Whose arms droop gently toward the crisping sod,
Whose upward gaze bespeaks a hope not lost;
White clouds reflect their beauties far on high:
Silver and lavender clothes earth and sky.
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