Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOOKING WESTWARD, by JOHN GRAY DUNCAN First Line: Evening's shadowed eyes Last Line: And calls them all still onward to the west. Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight | ||||||||
Evening's shadowed eyes Glow in the vast consideration of life's sighs, And tumult rises blindly to the skies, And life and time together pass away. Dust in evening's way, And folly in the passion of its fervent lay, And a last rumor that it cannot stay To please the world that knows not where it goes. Wind of evening blows, And the long trail in glory's admiration glows, And on the way a timeless yearning flows, And there they stand to take a last farewell. Evening shadows dwell In the consolation of a recover'd spell, And here lost hopes of gladden'd fortunes tell, Peace proves its harmony in pleasure lies. Light in evening's eyes, And memory surmounts the traveler's surprise, And goes before him as the wonder flies That a new world begins where this one ends. Evening softly sends A word before it all communication blends, Harmonious expression for its friends, And calls them all still onward to the west. | 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 SOUL OF FELICITY by JOHN GRAY DUNCAN |
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