Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WASHINGTON SQUARE, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poet's Biography First Line: This is the end of town I love the best Last Line: The cross of light,that looms from the sacred tower. Subject(s): Washington Square, New York City | ||||||||
This is the end of town I love the best. O, lovely the hour of light from the burning west Of light that lingers and fades in the shadowy square Where the solemn fountain lifts a shaft in the air To catch the skyey colours, and fling them down In a wild-wood torrent that drowns the noise of the town. And lovely the hour of the still and dreamy night When, lifted against the blue, stands the arch of white With one clear planet above; and the sickle moon, In curve reversed from the arch's marble round, Silvers the sapphire sky. Now soon, ah, soon, Shall the city square be turned to holy ground, Through the light of the moon and the stars and the glowing flower, The Cross of Light,that looms from the sacred tower. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON SICK LEAVE, 1916 by HAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG AT THE FARRAGUT STATUE by ROBERT BRIDGES (1858-1941) WASHINGTON SQUARE, NORTH by WALTER PRICHARD EATON WASHINGTON SQUARE by JAMES OPPENHEIM VILLANELLE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE by WALTER ADOLPHE ROBERTS SHERMAN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER THE CELLO by RICHARD WATSON GILDER THE SONG OF A HEATHEN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER |
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