Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE SETTING SUN (PRESERVED BY HIS SCHOOLMASTER), by WALTER SCOTT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Those evening clouds, that setting ray Last Line: Who tinged these clouds with gold! Subject(s): Evening; Religion; Sunset; Twilight; Theology | ||||||||
THOSE evening clouds, that setting ray, And beauteous tints, serve to display Their great Creator's praise; Then let the short-lived thing call'd man, Whose life's comprised within a span, To him his homage raise. We often praise the evening clouds, And tints so gay and bold, But seldom think upon our God, Who tinged these clouds with gold! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY BORDER BALLAD [OR MARCH, OR SONG], FR. THE MONASTERY by WALTER SCOTT GATHERING SONG OF DONALD [OR, DONUI DHU] THE BLACK by WALTER SCOTT |
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