Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OCTOBER DAWN, by L. KATHLEEN KITTERMAN First Line: Softly all nature rocks the cradled world Last Line: The certain resurrection of the spring. Subject(s): Dawn; October; Sunrise | ||||||||
Softly all nature rocks the cradled world While unseen fingers paint with ancient skill In glowing colors where Apollo lifts His fiery steeds beyond the distant hill To rip the dark asunder. Heaven's tears, That fell upon the world through unlit hours, Lie tenderly upon the fading grass; Rest sweeetly on the last courageous flowers. A bright leaf gliding downward, turning, shows Pale deadened veins, scrapes on the sill, is gone; A small brown bird disconsolately stirs Its low-voiced comments through the hush of dawn. A shadow lies on beauty. Summer dreams Murmur a sad farewell to everything, Then drift to death in slumber to await The certain resurrection of the spring. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BURNING DAWN by HAYDEN CARRUTH DAWN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN THE GARDEN AT THE DAWN HOUR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EARLY RISER by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WORDS WHEN WE NEED THEM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE UNTOUCHED AND UNDEFILED by L. KATHLEEN KITTERMAN SONNET TO THOSE WHO SEE BUT DARKLY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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