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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAUSE, by ANNE STANTON LAY
First Line: Today the hours are nuns, soft-shod, grey-clad
Last Line: Time pauses, listening for a sharp cold word.
Subject(s): Memory; Summer
First Line: Today the hours are nuns, soft-shod, grey-clad
Last Line: Time pauses, listening for a sharp cold word.
Subject(s): Memory; Summer
Today the hours are nuns, soft-shod, grey-clad
In morning fog and noon's dull silver fleece
Of cloud. They pass in meditative peace
Though autumn's dressed in gold and crimson plaid,
And all the fruits and flowers summer had
Bloom clear in memory. Joy finds release
In contemplation of renewed increase
Of wealth. Time pauses that we may be glad
Remembering hours that marched with daffodils,
Ripened with berries, bronzed with summer sun,
Shuttled the air with song and wing of bird,
Blew clover scent and rose breath over hills,
Taught sun-flecked waves to frolic -- summer done,
Time pauses, listening for a sharp cold word.
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