Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAINT, by STEPHANE MALLARME Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: At the window ledge concealing Last Line: Musician of silences. | ||||||||
At the window ledge concealing The ancient sandalwood gold-flaking Of her viol dimly twinkling Long ago with flute or mandore, Stands the pallid Saint displaying The ancient missal page unfolding At the Magnificat outpouring Long ago for vesper and compline: At that monstrance glazing lightly Brushed now by a harp the Angel Fashioned in his evening flight Just for the delicate finger Tip which, lacking the ancient missal Or ancient sandalwood, she poises On the instrumental plumage, Musician of silences. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A THROW OF THE DICE NEVER WILL ABOLISH CHANCE by STEPHANE MALLARME AFTERNOON OF A FAUN: ECLOGUE by STEPHANE MALLARME ANOTHER FAN (OF MADEMOISELLE MALLARME) by STEPHANE MALLARME APPARITION by STEPHANE MALLARME BESTOWAL OF THE POEM by STEPHANE MALLARME HERODIADE by STEPHANE MALLARME HERODIAS, SELECTION by STEPHANE MALLARME LITTLE AIR: 1 by STEPHANE MALLARME |
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