Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I WALK DARKLY, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography First Line: I walk darkly down the day Last Line: Who walk darkly? Subject(s): Ignorance; Dullness; Stupdity | ||||||||
I WALK darkly down the day, Sanguine, and yet never sure If the noon's abundant ray In its brightness shall endure; Brooding calm or crying storm, Sunrise glory, sunset splendor, Beauty in each shifting form, Grave or tender, -- Through them, time of frost or flower, Conscious every orbed hour, I walk darkly. I walk darkly down the night, Slave to marvel, questioning If the moon's ethereal light Be not some dream-builded thing; Under star on swirling star, Meteor dust and comet's fire, Vaults of purple faint and far Where expire Tiny wavering flecks of flame, Atom-points without a name, I walk darkly. I walk darkly; peace or stress, Crest of joy or depth of woe, I may grope and I may guess, Fancy, and yet never know. Just the husk of truth I grip, -- Heaped wisdom of the ages, Learning's mightiest fellowship, Saints and sages, -- In despite of each and all, What am I but folly's thrall Who walk darkly? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE SIMPLE PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA by NORMAN DUBIE I'M WITH STUPID by PETER JOHNSON ELECTION DAY, 1984 by CAROLYN KIZER AN AMERICAN IN BANGKOK by KAREN SWENSON FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG TO A BLOCKHEAD by ALEXANDER POPE THE CASE OF SABRINA SIMPSON USCH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A BIT OF MULL by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER |
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