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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SOUTHERN TWILIGHT, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography
First Line: A little shallow silver urn
Last Line: To us than eloquence or art.
Subject(s): Evening; Love; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: A little shallow silver urn
Last Line: To us than eloquence or art.
Subject(s): Evening; Love; Sunset; Twilight
A LITTLE shallow silver urn,
High in the east the new moon hung;
Amid the palms a fountain flung
Its snowy floss, and there, above,
With its impassioned unconcern,
A hidden bird discoursed of love.
I felt your hand upon my arm
Flutter as doth a thrush's wing,
Then tighten. Sweet, how small a thing
Draws kindred spirits heart to heart!
More was that hour's elusive charm
To us than eloquence or art.
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