Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SERENADE IN GREY, by SAMUEL GREENBERG


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SERENADE IN GREY, by                    
First Line: The soft eyelid of the dew doth set
Last Line: When color mixes to choice -- behold a lover!
Subject(s): Earth; Life; Singing & Singers; World; Songs


The soft eyelid of the dew doth set,
Yet the cover remains in the air;
And it rains; the street one color set,
Like a huge grey cat, out there.
The shadows in light, the shadows in shade,
Are evenly felt, though parted thus;
My eyes feel dim and scorched from grey,
And the nearby lamps throw gold-stained dust.
Houses in the distance like mountains seem,
The Bridge lost in the mist,
And Life itself is a warm grey dream
Whose meaning no one knows, I wist!
A long black box within a window bound
Seems like a furry creature alive,
And is; as it smoothly glides o'er the ground,
Like the earth which in viewless change doth strive.
Black spots, that flit here and there,
Scurry off -- disappear in the cover.
Two spots of grey -- were close together
When color mixes to choice -- behold a lover!





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