Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DECEMBER, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poet's Biography First Line: The sunsets burn and die, / the moon comes up the sky Last Line: My spirit seeks the heaven of thy face! Subject(s): December | ||||||||
The sunsets burn and die, The moon comes up the sky, The white nights brood upon the closing year; At this window thou didst stand Where now within my hand I lay my face, and know thou art not here. What flowers of the south, With white or crimson mouth, Blow round thee through these hours and never die? What shadows tropical About thy chamber fall, My own, in that far land where thou dost lie? Thou star! as do arise A mystic's raptured eyes To some fair planet, his hereafter place, So, rising from these drear Last midnights of the year, My spirit seeks the heaven of thy face! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMING SOON by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE A NOCTURNAL UPON ST. LUCY'S DAY, BEING THE SHORTEST DAY by JOHN DONNE THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: DECEMBER by EDMUND SPENSER DECEMBER by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A CLOUD FANCY by ARTHUR PETERSON |
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