Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OVER THE STEPPE, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: Hush! Heard you that horseman? How madly he rides! Last Line: And lo! 'twas the wind and the moonbeam no more. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Horseback Riding; Russia; Soviet Union; Russians | ||||||||
HUSH! heard you that horseman? how madly he rides! God pity the woman his coming that bides! Wild oaths wafted up on the wind as he passed, And a shade o'er the moonlight that moment was cast. What stirs there? No bugle the barracks have blown; No drum beats to quarters; yet, watching alone, While the howl of the dogs fills the midnight with fear, Some foe stealing by in the darkness, I hear. Has the Turk crossed the border? the Tartar come back With the vengeance of murder and fire in his track? There's a foot by the window; a flame on the floor; And lo! 'twas the wind and the moonbeam no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 259 by LYN HEJINIAN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES THE DIAMOND PERSONA by NORMAN DUBIE IN MEMORIAM: 1933 (7. RUSSIA: ANNO 1905) by CHARLES REZNIKOFF TAKE A LETTER TO DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH by CARL SANDBURG READING THE RUSSIANS by RUTH STONE THE SOVIET CIRCUS VISITS HAVANA, 1969 by VIRGIL SUAREZ A PROBLEM IN AESTHETICS by KAREN SWENSON COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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