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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREY PASTURES, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: In the grey gloaming where the white moth flies
Last Line: Mayhap I may thrill again at the touch of this.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Death; Despair; Kisses; Life; Longing; Nostalgia; Dead, The
First Line: In the grey gloaming where the white moth flies
Last Line: Mayhap I may thrill again at the touch of this.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Death; Despair; Kisses; Life; Longing; Nostalgia; Dead, The
In the grey gloaming where the white moth flies—
When I, quiet dust on the forgetful wind,
Shall be untroubled by any breath of sighs—
It may be I shall fall like dew upon
The still breath of grey pastures such as these
Wherein I wander now 'twixt dusk and dawn.
See, in this phantom bloom I leave a kiss:
It was given me in fire; now it is grey dust:
Mayhap I may thrill again at the touch of this.
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