Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PROCESSION, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poet's Biography First Line: The gray year drifted out Last Line: Die on a winter's day. Subject(s): Holidays; New Year | ||||||||
THE gray year drifted out As a tired love might go, And there was no heart to breathe a song Across the leagues of snow. O the gray, sad year went out, went out, And who was there to know? The glad new year came in As a white young love might come, And through all the world I heard the sound Of welcoming bell and drum. O the glad new year came in, came in, And hearts with joy grew dumb. But the new year shall go out As the old year went its way; And the young love must grow very old, Yea, old and wan and gray; And thus shall it be till Time and Love Die on a Winter's day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEW YEAR'S POEM by MARGARET AVISON A SPEED OF HISTORY by MARGARET AVISON NEW YEAR'S DAY by DAVID LEHMAN LINES FOR THE NEW YEAR by JULIE CARR I AM RUNNING INTO A NEW YEAR by LUCILLE CLIFTON FOR THE NEW YEAR (2) by ROBERT CREELEY CITY ROOFS by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE |
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