Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CONSTANCY, by ANNE REILEY NESOM


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CONSTANCY, by                    
First Line: Beneath these trees delight with wonder meets
Last Line: Within their home and keep their dream of truth.
Subject(s): Silence; Sonnet (as Literary Form)


Beneath these trees delight with wonder meets;
The ground is cloaked with moss; no sound is heard
But falling leaf or wing of darting bird;
The shadows part; a glancing sunbeam greets
The marble gods, and rests on unused seats.
The spacious garden, care too long deferred,
Forsook the lines of bed and shrub that stirred
The heart to praise; true grace such loss defeats.

These shades of silence come not from the tomb;
They tell of glories lost and cherished pride;
Of wealth, and lovers left behind with youth;
They are the shades of romance, not of gloom;
Betrayed by war two sisters chose to hide
Within their home and keep their dream of truth.





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