Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUT OF THE SHADOWS: AN UNFINISHED SONNET-SEQUENCE 12, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. First Line: Gray veils of dusk bestrewed with purple threads Last Line: When twilight visions crowd my happy way? Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
Gray veils of dusk bestrewed with purple threads Hold earth, a-fevered, in their soothing power. Soft coronals of twilight round our heads, Silent we sit and dream this holy hour. Night-winds are stirring thru the stately pines, Shrouded in shadows 'gainst the star-lit sky; Night-birds are singing in the fragrant vines, Soft to their mates an eery lover's cry. 'Tis then I see thee most, and seeing love thee, Knowing the dusk but beauty's trailing gown; 'Tis then I feel and know the stars above thee, Jewels to garnish my love's golden crown. Why should I long for garish light of day, When twilight visions crowd my happy way? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY? by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. |
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