Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POET, by MARY SINTON LEITCH


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THE POET, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the darkness he sings of the dawning
Last Line: He sings at the gates of death!
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


In the darkness he sings of the dawning,
In the desert he sings of a rose,
Or of limpid and laughing water
That through green meadows flows.

He flings a Romany ballad
Out through his prison bars
And, deaf, he sings of nightingales
Or, blind, he sings of stars,

And hopeless and old and forsaken,
At last with failing breath
A song of faith and youth and love
He sings at the gates of death!





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