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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THEN AND NOW, by JAMES RENNELL RODD Poet's Biography First Line: There never were such radiant noons Last Line: The blight has killed the roses. Alternate Author Name(s): Rennell, 1st Baron Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Transience; Impermanence | |||
THERE never were such radiant noons, Such roses, such fair weather, Such nightingales, such mellow moons, As while we were together! But now the suns are poor and pale, The cloudy twilight closes, The mists have choked the nightingale, The blight has killed the roses. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE SPANISH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE SOUTHERN GOTHIC by DONALD JUSTICE THE BEACH IN AUGUST by WELDON KEES THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL THE SEEKONK WOODS by GALWAY KINNELL A MAZURKA OF CHOPIN by JAMES RENNELL RODD |
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