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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOME-COMING, by LEONIE ADAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I stepped homeward to my hill Last Line: The moon's slow wonder with her hand. Alternate Author Name(s): Troy, William, Mrs. Subject(s): Evening; Nature; Sunset; Twilight | |||
WHEN I stepped homeward to my hill Dusk went before with quiet tread; The bare laced branches of the trees Were as a mist about its head. Upon its leaf-brown breast, the rocks Like great grey sheep lay silent-wise; Between the birch trees' gleaming arms, The faint stars trembled in the skies. The white brook met me half-way up And laughed as one that knew me well, To whose more clear than crystal voice The frost had joined a crystal spell. The skies lay like pale-watered deep. Dusk ran before me to its strand And cloudily leaned forth to touch The moon's slow wonder with her hand. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE COUNTRY SUMMER by LEONIE ADAMS A GULL GOES UP by LEONIE ADAMS DEATH AND THE LADY; THEIR BARGAIN TOLD AGAIN by LEONIE ADAMS |
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