Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SUMMER'S EVENING, by ANNIE MATHESON



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A SUMMER'S EVENING, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweet yearnings unexpressed
Last Line: And peace divine the dewy landscape steeps!
Subject(s): Love; Peace; Silence; Summer


SWEET yearnings unexpressed,
That cannot rest,
Are making music
Full of drowsy pain
And strange delight—
O waken yet again
The dreamy visions bright
That, almost ere I saw them, took their flight.

Joyously sings the thrush;
Melodies rush
Over my spirit.
Fragrance stealeth up
Into my heart,
From many a snowy cup
Of lilies white, where dart
The mellow sunbeams and fresh breezes start.

Long lines of opal cloud
Rosily crowd
In sunset glory.
Over distant hills
The twilight creeps,
Till a soft quiet fills
The valleys: turmoil sleeps,
And peace divine the dewy landscape steeps!





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