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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONE DAY, by GRACE NOER SHERBURNE
First Line: Gold! The yellow buttercups upon the
Last Line: So clear and sweet, while all the twilight world is rose and gray.
Subject(s): Farewell; Night; Parting; Bedtime
First Line: Gold! The yellow buttercups upon the
Last Line: So clear and sweet, while all the twilight world is rose and gray.
Subject(s): Farewell; Night; Parting; Bedtime
GOLD! The yellow buttercups upon the emerald lawn
Reflect the morning sunbeams as their yellow buds unfold,
Gleaming from the dewy grass amid the dewy dawn:
What a fairy treasure trove, all shining green and gold!
Blue! A flash of azure wings above the silver stream,
Where shining trout leap to and fro the crystal waters through,
The swift kingfisher darts across,—a creature from a dream,
Then vanishes, a vision fled of silver and of blue.
Gray! Soft shadows melting into dusk across the wall,
Rosy color in the west to bid farewell to day!
Through the gathering darkness comes a hermit thrush's call,
So clear and sweet, while all the twilight world is rose and gray.
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