Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OVER THE STEPPE, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR



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OVER THE STEPPE, by                     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.





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