Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SINGING SILENCES, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE SINGING SILENCES, by             Poem Explanation         Poet's Biography
First Line: While the yellow constellations shine with pale and tender glory
Last Line: Come: the yellow constellations shine with pale and tender glory!
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Night; Silence; Stars; Bedtime


WHILE the yellow constellations shine with pale and tender glory,
In the lilac-scented stillness let us listen to earth's story.
All the flowers like moths a-flutter glimmer rich with dusky hues;
Everywhere around us seem to fall from nowhere the sweet dews.
Through the drowsy lull, the murmur, stir of leaf and sleepy hum,
We can feel a gay heart beating, hear a magic singing come.
Ah, I think that as we linger lighting at earth's olden fire
Fitful gleams in clay that perish, little sparks that soon expire:
So the Mother brims her gladness from a life beyond her own,
From whose darkness as a fountain up the fiery days are thrown;
Starry words that wheel in splendour, sunny systems, histories,
Vast and nebulous traditions told in the eternities.
And our listening Mother whispers through her children all the story.
Come: the yellow constellations shine with pale and tender glory!





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net