Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IT WILL BE LIGHT THIS EVENING, by ANNA ELISABETH MATHIEU DE NOAILLES


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IT WILL BE LIGHT THIS EVENING, by             Poem Explanation         Poet's Biography
First Line: It will be light this evening, the days grow long
Last Line: We shall not have our spirit of this night.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brancovan, Princess
Subject(s): Evening; Peace; Sunset; Twilight


It will be light this evening, the days grow long,
The stir of the full day scatters and dies;
Yet seeing no nightfall, the trees in surprise
Remain awake in the white dusk's musing song.

The chestnut trees, on the heavy, golden air
Shed their rich perfume where the wind may fly it;
You dare not break upon the evening quiet
For fear of waking all the odors there.

The far-off city murmurs twilight odes ...
The dust, that a passing breath of wind has raised,
Drops from the stirring, tired tree it grazed
And gently falls upon the tranquil roads.

And every day there stretches on our sight
This simple road we have so often ranged,
Yet something in our life has somehow changed:
We shall not have our spirit of this night.





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