Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HESPER, by HENRY VAN DYKE


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First Line: Her eyes are like the evening air
Last Line: Of womanhood arise.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Puberty; Sex


HER eyes are like the evening air,
Her voice is like a rose,
Her lips are like a lovely song,
That ripples as it flows,
And she herself is sweeter than
The sweetest thing she knows.

A slender, haunting, twilight form
Of wonder and surprise,
She seemed a fairy or a child,
Till, deep within her eyes,
I saw the homeward-leading star
Of womanhood arise.





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