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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENTIDE, by VALERY YAKOVLEVICH BRYUSOV Poet's Biography First Line: The posters shout, their gorgeous motley blares Last Line: Oh, cover thy pale feet! Alternate Author Name(s): Brusov, Valery Yakovlevich Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Music & Musicians; Parties | |||
The posters shout, their gorgeous motley blares, The signboards' groaning fills the street, And from the shops a shrill light sharply flares, As cries of triumph mock defeat. Behind the glimmering panes soft fabrics sleep, And diamonds pour their poison daze, Above massed coins the lottery numbers leap Like northern lights ablaze. The burning streets like long canals of light Flow onthe city is alive. It swarms to celebrate the dawn of night Like some unloosed and monstrous hive. The sky and all its sentient stars are hid By scattered arc-lamps beaming blue. And harlots jostle sages where they thrid The dancers in a rippling queue. Between the gay quadrilles that form and break, Among the waltzers, clanking slide The tramways, with blue lightnings in their wake; Like sheaves of fire, the motors glide. Shame, like a leader his bright baton wielding To the rank music of the wheels, Has fused the thousand-throated throng, that yielding As one, a holy chorus peals: "Dust, we enthrone thee; brief and radiant Dust, Dancing the round, we glorify, About electric altars where they thrust Their spears into the empty sky." Oh, cover thy pale feet! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLD RIVER ROAD by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS LOUISE SIGHS, SUCH A LONG WINTER, THIS by MARY JO BANG THE ODD WOMAN by MADELINE DEFREES THE WEDDING PARTY by NORMAN DUBIE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB by DANIEL HALPERN THE DINNER-PARTY by AMY LOWELL BALLROOM DARK by CLARENCE MAJOR NEW YEAR'S EVES by ALICE NOTLEY YOUR NAME ENGRAVED ON A GRAIN OF RICE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE BENEDICTION by VALERY YAKOVLEVICH BRYUSOV |
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