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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIXED MOMENTS, by GEORGE RICHARD KAYTON
First Line: We saw the sunset in the evening sky
Last Line: The wealth that youth had spent on careless pleasure.
First Line: We saw the sunset in the evening sky
Last Line: The wealth that youth had spent on careless pleasure.
We saw the sunset in the evening sky
Unfolding blossomwise upon the air:
The wind was herding (to some hidden lair)
White changing clouds that seemed to multiply
As they were pushed in vats of western dye ...
And when the sun climbed down its crimson stair,
We drew together in a silent pair
And found the answer to love's urgent cry ...
In later years beside a lonely fire,
These are the moments that the heart will treasure;
And once again enchanted old desire
Will fill the brain to subtle overmeasure;
And dreaming, age will suddenly acquire
The wealth that youth had spent on careless pleasure.
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