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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING, by ISABELLA LOCKHART ALDERMAN
First Line: A gray cloud, etched against the sky
Last Line: As it sinks to rest. And day is done.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: A gray cloud, etched against the sky
Last Line: As it sinks to rest. And day is done.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
A gray cloud, etched against the sky,
Is a crusader riding by
With plumed helmet and gleaming mail
Searching still for the Holy Grail.
The sun is low but one last ray
Burnishes bright his suit of gray.
A falcon chained to gauntleted wrist,
Secures his perch on knightly fist
And screams defiance to the sun
As it sinks to rest. And day is done.
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