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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FORMALITY AND THE SOUL: 2. JAMES MACNEIL WHISTLER, by KARL W. BIGELOW
First Line: Night- / a silver moonbeam on a golden strand
Last Line: Flitting thru the night.
Subject(s): Humanity; Whistler, James Abbott (1834-1903)
First Line: Night- / a silver moonbeam on a golden strand
Last Line: Flitting thru the night.
Subject(s): Humanity; Whistler, James Abbott (1834-1903)
Night—
A silver moonbeam on a golden strand.
Black ocean—
An ocean, undulating and black.
A gray dawn.
The souls of men—
Some white, some gray, some black,
All souls of men—
Flitting about in the black darkness of the night.
Humanity—
Deep-rooted kindliness.
A something snatching—
Always snatching at the heart-strings,
Snatching and appealing.
Souls—
Flitting thru the night.
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