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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWILIGHT SYMPHONY, by LESLIE ANDERSON
First Line: The day burned crimson with a fever of delight
Last Line: Up to his ebony throne.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: The day burned crimson with a fever of delight
Last Line: Up to his ebony throne.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
The day burned crimson with a fever of delight
Until the weary sun
Slipped quietly to rest;
Day sighed, and breathed across the stippled sky
A hushed rhapsody
Of purple couched notes --
Dusk heard, and padded in on somber feet.
I caught the panoramic loveliness
Of man towers silhouetted hazily
Against a myriad-tinted sky.
Lights blinked -- first here -- then there
As Dark began to mount
The weary, weary steps
Up to his ebony throne.
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