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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WATER COLOR, by DEAN BELDEN LYMAN JR.
First Line: Along the winding reaches of the river
Last Line: Hark, in the distance! Hark to the night-owl crying.
Subject(s): Water
First Line: Along the winding reaches of the river
Last Line: Hark, in the distance! Hark to the night-owl crying.
Subject(s): Water
Along the winding reaches of the river
The water-willows bend above the tide.
Through the sentient semi-darkness quiver
The trembling shafts of twilight. Side by side
Between the willows indolently glide
Two swans with sinuous necks and moveless wings.
The water ripples, the wakes combine, divide,
Grow faint, and fail in the twilight's glimmerings.
The genius of the evening hither brings
Only the muted music which is his:
Waters that slide and murmur, rustling things --
Thin willow leaves. How grey the water is!
Twilight is failing on the river -- dying.
Hark, in the distance! Hark to the night-owl crying.
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