Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ARIA, by ROBERT DE MONTESQUIOU


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First Line: Appearances in hiding
Last Line: Echo, reflection of a sound.
Subject(s): Shadows


Appearances in hiding ...
Swift gliding. ...

The shadow of a reflection ...
That's nearest to perfection. ...

No probing! No conclave!
A mirage on a wave. ...

The design on the sun
By shifting leaves done. ...

The passing silhouettes
Of clouds one forgets,

That stain with gray quivers
The lawns and the rivers. ...

The thrusts that change
As the shadows range

Of sycamore
On sandy shore. ...

Forgetfulness on the dune
Of the blue rays of the moon. ...

Thought, in the wind's croon,
Of a concert tune. ...

No more solemn sensation
Than the suave inclination

Our fancy can loll in,
Of pistil and pollen. ...

All that is diaphanous,
With early epitaph in us. ...

The shade of an awning ...
A triolet's dawning.

Translucence of leaves ...
Smoke above eaves. ...

Less communing
Than swooning. ...

The most tenuous thing,
Every note on the wing. ...

Reed's rustling overheard,
Rather than song of bird.

But especially, under leaves aswarm,
Reflection, the echo of a form. ...

But even more, in wooded ground,
Echo, reflection of a sound.





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