Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AT SET OF SUN, by MARY ASHLEY TOWNSEND


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AT SET OF SUN, by                    
First Line: A scent of guava-blossoms and the smell
Last Line: Together, side by side, life's angelus!
Alternate Author Name(s): Xariffa


A SCENT of guava-blossoms and the smell
Of bruised grass beneath the tamarind-trees;
The hurried humming of belated bees
With pollen-laden thighs; far birds that tell
With faint, last notes of night's approaching spell,
While smoke of supper-fires the low sun sees
Creep through the roofs of palm, and on the breeze
Floats forth the message of the evening bell.
Our footsteps pause, we look toward the west,
And from my heart throbs out one fervent prayer:
O love! O silence! ever to be thus, --
A silence full of love and love its best,
Till in our evening years we two shall share
Together, side by side, life's Angelus!





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