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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BRIGHT SINGING WORDS, by HARRY R. TRUSLER
First Line: Bright singing words may take a dull
Last Line: Grow dark -- you are the sun!
Subject(s): Language; Words; Vocabulary
First Line: Bright singing words may take a dull
Last Line: Grow dark -- you are the sun!
Subject(s): Language; Words; Vocabulary
Bright singing words may take a dull
Landscape and make it shine
In splendor like a white sea gull
Above the sunlit brine.
But when, my love, they try to sing
How you and joy are one,
They lose all light and coloring,
Grow dark -- you are the sun!
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