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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLACK SWANS ON THE MURRAY LAGOONS, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: The long lagoons lie white and still
Last Line: Moves as in sleep some bodeful dream.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Birds; Death; Dreams; Lagoons; Life; Swans; Dead, The; Nightmares
First Line: The long lagoons lie white and still
Last Line: Moves as in sleep some bodeful dream.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Birds; Death; Dreams; Lagoons; Life; Swans; Dead, The; Nightmares
The long lagoons lie white and still
Beneath the great round Austral moon:
The sudden dawn will waken soon
With many a delicious thrill:
Between this death and life the cries
Of black swans ring through silent skies --
And the long wash of the slow stream
Moves as in sleep some bodeful dream.
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