Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING, by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Already evening! In the duskiest nook Last Line: "the white rose, whispering ""he will come to-night!" Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight | ||||||||
ALREADY evening! In the duskiest nook Of yon dusk corner, under the Death's-head, Between the alembecs, thrust this legended, And iron-bound, and melancholy book, For I will read no longer. The loud brook Shelves his sharp light up shallow banks thin-spread; The slumbrous west grows slowly red, and red: Up from the ripened corn her silver hook The moon is lifting: and deliciously Along the warm blue hills the day declines: The first star brightens while she waits for me, And round her swelling heart the zone grows tight: Musing, half-sad, in her soft hair she twines The white rose, whispering "he will come to-night!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE THE LAST WISH by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: AUX ITALIENS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: THE CHESSBOARD by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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