Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAST REVEL, by CH'EN TZU-ANG First Line: From silver lamps a thin blue smoke is streaming Last Line: Will never rise again. Alternate Author Name(s): Po-yu | ||||||||
From silver lamps a thin blue smoke is streaming, And golden vases 'mid the feast are gleaming; Now sound the lutes in unison, Within the gates our lives are one. We'll think not of the parting ways As long as dawn delays. When in tall trees the dying moonbeams quiver: When floods of fire efface the Silver River, Then comes the hour when I must seek Lo-Yang beyond the furthest peak. But the warm twilight round us twain Will never rise again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEGRO by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES THE MOTHER'S LAMENT by BERNARD BARTON DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: BRIDAL SONG AND DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES TWILIGHT TIME by ANNA MCINTOSH BEVILLE ON SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS by WILLIAM BLAKE A WOMAN'S SONNETS: 6 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: A CONVENT WITHOUT GOD by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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