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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOCTURNE, by WILLIAM GREENOUGH SCHOFIELD Poet's Biography
First Line: So hand in hand again, through scented dark
Last Line: We now keep walking all the deadly while.
Subject(s): Moon; Walking
First Line: So hand in hand again, through scented dark
Last Line: We now keep walking all the deadly while.
Subject(s): Moon; Walking
So hand in hand again, through scented dark
And timeless thoroughfare, beneath cascades
Of balconies and vines, and you remark:
"How nice -- the thin uncertainty of shades --
You know, the moon seems blue; the yellow shine
Of lamplight over doorstep -- something nice
About it." Yes -- your steps again with mine,
The moon again our private butter slice;
But much is out of keeping, much is wrong:
In place of sand beneath our feet, is stone,
That other background of compelling song
Becomes a praline vendor's minor tone,
And where we paused -- a moment, then a smile --
We now keep walking all the deadly while.
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