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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAFFODILS AT DUSK, by VIRGINIA KEATING ORTON
First Line: Daffodils, with eyes / turned always toward the east
Last Line: As darks descend!
Subject(s): Daffodils
First Line: Daffodils, with eyes / turned always toward the east
Last Line: As darks descend!
Subject(s): Daffodils
Daffodils, with eyes
Turned always toward the East
At day's end,
Hopeful of new dawns
As darks descend;
Indifferent that day ends
Sorrowfully, or glad,
Yours is heritage
Of never seeming sad.
Your quiet sureness mocks my fever,
Pities my apprehension and small tears;
And in your cool remoteness
Is scorn of little fears
That go with me.
In your acceptances
A worth immeasurable
To life you lend...
You, who through unnumbered years,
Have turned your faces
Toward the East at day's end, --
Expectant of new dawns
As darks descend!
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