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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOSTALGIA, by GWENDOLEN HASTE Poet's Biography
First Line: He brought the record home with sheepish pride
Last Line: With great buttes shouldering the windy skies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hennessey, Martin Douglas, Mrs
Subject(s): Grief; Nostalgia; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: He brought the record home with sheepish pride
Last Line: With great buttes shouldering the windy skies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hennessey, Martin Douglas, Mrs
Subject(s): Grief; Nostalgia; Sorrow; Sadness
He brought the record home with sheepish pride
And wound the old machine. The crystal notes
Swirled through the little room like gleaming motes
In jeweled light. He listened open-eyed;
But when she wept he tiptoed from her side,
His own eyes dim for cherry blooms and tears,
The crimson rapture, the unspoken fears,
The lyric sorrow of the wistful bride.
He could not know her grief was not for pain
Of love forsaken, but that far away
Were scented beauty piled in galleries,
Wealth, color, silver voices, proud display --
While here stretched out the long dusty plain
With great buttes shouldering the windy skies.
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