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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VARIATIONS: 18, by CONRAD AIKEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sun distills a golden light, Last Line: For the sky is everywhere. Subject(s): Dreams; Solitude; Nightmares | |||
The sun distils a golden light, The sun distils a silence. White clouds dazzle across the sky. I walk in the blowing gardens Breaking the gay leaves under my feet . . . Leaves have littered the marble seat Where the lovers sat in silence: Leaves have littered the empty seat. Down there the blue pool, quiveringly, Ripples the fire of the sun. Down there the tall tree, restlessly, Shivers beneath the sun. Beloved, I walk alone . . . What dream is this that sings with me, Always in sunlight sings with me? Out there the blue sea, glimmeringly, Ripples among the dunes. Blue waves, streaked and chained with fire, Rustle among the dunes. The sea-gull spreads his wings Dizzily over the foam to skim, And an azure shadow speeds with him. The sea-gull folds his wings To fall from depth to depth of air For the sky is everywhere. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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