Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMMENCEMENT POEM: 3, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL


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COMMENCEMENT POEM: 3, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Mornings were there, richer than of eastern story
Last Line: Dumb and half-embarrassed clinging hand to hand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew
Subject(s): Commencement


1

Mornings were there, richer than of Eastern story,
When the dark, wet trunks the sun-bathed elms uphold,
Bedded in the leaves whose lustrous glory
Half was sheen of emeralds, half of lucent gold.

2

Evenings when the sun set, like a king departed
Unto other lands with revel, pomp, and light,
While the queenly moon, deserted, pale, proud-hearted,
Paces the still corridors of the stars all night.

3

Hours of golden noonday, when the blood up-leaping
Like a soft, swift lightning pulses through the veins;
Hours of shrouded midnight, when the soul unsleeping
Calm self-knowledge, wider trust, and patience gains.

4

Friendships truer than all woman's brittle passion,
Love that in its fullness, even while we stand
Here, to part, has only stammering expression,
Dumb and half-embarrassed clinging hand to hand.





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