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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING, by ELIZABETH BEMIS DUNN
First Line: The sun sinks to rest
Last Line: A silence tremulous and tender.
Subject(s): Birds
First Line: The sun sinks to rest
Last Line: A silence tremulous and tender.
Subject(s): Birds
The sun sinks to rest;
Softly and slowly the crimson twilight fades into darkness.
The wings of wild birds whir in homeward flight,
Passing like dreams in the night.
The rising moon in glorious splendor
Covers the earth with light like a silver veil.
Not a wave ripples the surface of the lake,
Where at the far end, stand two trees,
Tall and straight, like sentinels,
Keeping watch over a snow-white swan,
Asleep in the lacy shadows along the shore,
His head under his wing.
From the tallest tree a mocking bird's song
Floats down in waves of rapturous melody,
While far away in the distance a church bell is heard,
Ending the day in prayer.
Then all is still
A silence tremulous and tender.
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