Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOCTURNE, by DENISE BARRETTE First Line: Pale upon the midnight stream Last Line: To tell perfection passed. | ||||||||
Pale upon the midnight stream Where waxen lilies lie, White shadows in the moonlight gleam -- Two swans are floating by. Serenely hushed and silently they go; No sorrow can deflower The cooling peace that lies as snow On this communion hour. Each folded wing from marble breast Is like a gentle sigh, So quietly they seem to rest Between the wave and sky. Upon the pathway of the lake From which they drift at last, No feather mars their virgin wake To tell perfection passed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LETTER FROM ITALY by JOSEPH ADDISON TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE HEATHEN PASS-EE by ARTHUR CLEMENT HILTON A CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER SONNET: 18. ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT by JOHN MILTON THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED by JONATHAN SWIFT PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 59. AL-MUBDI by EDWIN ARNOLD |
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