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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DAY OF DAYS, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poet's Biography First Line: Each rose before the sun, and saw the moon Last Line: King love had all the stars for diadem. Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Day; Hearts; Love | |||
Each rose before the sun, and saw the moon A slender golden curvature embost On the green eastern sky, which brighten'd soon Till in its crimson wavelets she was lost, And so began a perfect Day of June. The river sparkled, birds voiced, breezes tost A laughing world of flow'rs; blue shadows crost The sunshine of the long warm afternoon. But who inherited this wondrous Day? Two happy Lovers. It was made for them, Of time not measured by the moon or sun Both felt that it would never pass away. And now, when music in the dusk was done, King Love had all the stars for diadem. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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