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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MYSTCIAL EVENING TWILIGHT, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Memory, with the twilight's dusky light
Last Line: Memory, with the twilight's dusky light
Subject(s): Evening; Memory; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: Memory, with the twilight's dusky light
Last Line: Memory, with the twilight's dusky light
Subject(s): Evening; Memory; Sunset; Twilight
Memory, with the Twilight's dusky light,
Reddening, trembles on the burning sky's
Hope-filled horizon: flames that, in their height,
Glimmering backward, forward, seem to rise
Like some mysterious wall, where, trellis-wise,
Many a flower lies in the gathering night
-Buttercup, dahlia, tulip, lily white-
Spread, basking in their heavy-perfumed sighs,
Hot, torpid-breathed, whose poisons mesmerize
-Buttercup, dahlia, tulip, lily white-
And drown my mind, my soul, my ears, my eyes
In one consuming swoon, where, listless, lies
Memory, with the Twilight's dusky light.
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