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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DUSK MOOD, by HELEN EMMA MARING
First Line: Falling away to a shadow
Last Line: Foam on a stream.
Alternate Author Name(s): Payne, Lorrin A., Mrs.
First Line: Falling away to a shadow
Last Line: Foam on a stream.
Alternate Author Name(s): Payne, Lorrin A., Mrs.
Falling away to a shadow --
How would it seem to be
The mauve of hills at dusk,
The shade of a tree,
The deepening side of a cloud,
Or depths of a rose?
Shadow -- and stirred by the lightest
Wind that blows.
Moved at the whim of sunlight,
Or moonlight, or less --
The dark on a pond
With a water-lily's caress.
The fall of a leaf,
A misty blowing curtain,
Less than the touch of scent,
Not to be seen for certain.
What is a shadow?
The negative side of a dream,
Smoke in the wind by day,
Foam on a stream.
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