Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EVEN-SONG, by CLINTON SCOLLARD


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EVEN-SONG, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now the west is warm, and now
Last Line: Welcome are the wings of love!
Subject(s): Aging; Evening; Love; Youth; Sunset; Twilight


Now the west is warm, and now
Plaintive is the bird on bough;
Now the primrose shyly opes,
Watching for its sister stars,
And the flocks adown the slopes
Loiter toward the pasture bars.
Now that thickening shadows throng,
This shall be our even-song;

Unto youth, with night above,
Welcome are the wings of love;
Unto age, when shades grow deep,
Welcome are the wings of sleep!

Now the brooding ear receives
Little laughters from the leaves;
Now the breeze is like a breath
Over seas from shores of spice,
And the heart within us saith,
"We are nigh to paradise!"
Now that discord were a wrong,
This shall be our even-song;

Unto age, when shades grow deep,
Welcome are the wings of sleep;
Unto youth, with night above,
Welcome are the wings of love!





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