Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: SUNSET, by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN Poet's Biography First Line: The sun is setting - not in colours gay Last Line: With that empyreal rapture, which is rest. Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight | ||||||||
THE sun is setting -- not in colours gay, But pure as when he blazed with noonday heat; The upland path is gold before my feet, Save where long, dancing, poplar-shadows play, Or arching lindens cast a broader gray: This radiant hour, when peace and passion meet, Stirs with tumultuous breezes, freshly sweet, The odorous languor of an August day. Above is peace; below is gleeful strife; Aflame with sunshine, battling with the wind, The trees rejoice in plenitude of life: A sea of light is sleeping in the west, Untroubled light, o'erflowing heart and mind With that empyreal rapture, which is rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE A LETTER by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN |
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