Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PLACES 1. TWILIGHT (TUCSON), by SARA TEASDALE


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First Line: Aloof as aged kings
Last Line: "or a complete repose."
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Aging


Aloof as aged kings,
Wearing like them the purple,
The mountains ring the mesa
Crowned with a dusky light;
Many a time I watched
That coming-on of darkness
Till stars burned through the heavens
Intolerably bright.

It was not long I lived there
But I became a woman
Under those vehement stars,
For it was there I heard
For the first time my spirit
Forging an iron rule for me,
As though with slow cold hammers
Beating out word by word:

"Only yourself can heal you,
Only yourself can lead you,
The road is heavy going
And ends where no man knows;
Take love when love is given,
But never think to find it
A sure escape from sorrow
Or a complete repose."





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