GOLD of the reddening sunset, backward thrown In largess on my tall paternal trees, Thou with false hope or fear didst never tease His heart that hoards thee; nor is childhood flown From him whose life no fairer boon hath known Than that what pleased him earliest still should please. And who hath incomes safe from chance as these, Gone in a moment, yet for life his own? All other gold is slave of earthward laws; This to the deeps of ether takes its flight, And on the topmost leaves makes glorious pause Of parting pathos ere it yield to night: So linger, as from me earth's light withdraws, Dear touch of Nature, tremulously bright! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPISTLES ON THE CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF WOMEN: 2 by LUCY AIKEN A PRELUDE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PET'S PUNISHMENT by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY CALMNESS OF THE SUBLIME by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY LINES TO A TEAPOT by JOANNA BAILLIE TO A WITHERED ROSE by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 29. CHRIST AND ENGLAND by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 9 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |