Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SEPTEMBER TWILIGHT, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE



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First Line: A large pool, and tall trees, and lo! Undressed
Last Line: But inwardly content it onward speeds.
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Swimming & Swimmers


A LARGE pool, and tall trees, and lo! undressed
One runs out, pauses, hesitates, looks round:
Twilight reviveth freedom long oppressed;
The bather plunges in; a generous sound
And radiant splash of waters welcome him;
His wake all silver widens, he can swim!

Swim in that dark cold water..swim and wend
As through a dream with strange facility,
A dream still quite unconscious it must end,
Quite dreadless, though this pool proved open sea,
No memory goes with it, no hope leads,
But inwardly content it onward speeds.





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