Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN AUTUMNAL EVENING, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: Deep black against the dying glow Last Line: Great dusky moths go flitting by. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Autumn; Elm Trees; Evening; Seasons; Fall; Sunset; Twilight | ||||||||
Deep black against the dying glow The tall elms stand; the rooks are still; No windbreath makes the faintest thrill Amongst the leaves; the fields below Are vague and dim in twilight shades -- Only the bats wheel in their raids On the grey flies, and silently Great dusky moths go flitting by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON |
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