Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

NOEL by RICHARD WATSON GILDER

First Line: STAR-DUST AND VAPOROUS LIGHT
Last Line: AND CHRIST, THE FLOWER OF ALL.
STAR-DUST and vaporous light, --
The mist of worlds unborn, --
A shuddering in the awful night
Of winds that bring the morn.

Now comes the dawn: the circling earth;
Creatures that fly and crawl;
And Man, that last, imperial birth;
And Christ, the flower of all.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net