Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RIVER DON, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR


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THE RIVER DON, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O placid don! I see thee flow
Last Line: With cross above, thy waters by.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Don, River (russia); Russia; Soviet Union; Russians


O PLACID Don! I see thee flow
With shallow, snowy-sanded stream,
While light the steppe-winds o'er thee blow,
And cranes and gray-winged herons dream, --
Safe as beside some dark lagoon, --
Along thy banks in breezeless noon.

The Cossack wanders from thy shore,
But never finds a wave so fair;
Thy summer lapse, thy winter roar,
Still greet him in remotest air;
And death is sweet if he may lie,
With cross above, thy waters by.





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