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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DUSK, by HELEN LOUISE WELSHIMER
First Line: These are the things men seek at dusk
Last Line: To a woman, a child, a lamp.
First Line: These are the things men seek at dusk
Last Line: To a woman, a child, a lamp.
These are the things men seek at dusk:
Firelight across a room,
Green splashing against dim roofs,
Gardens where flowers bloom.
Lamplighted gold of a windowpane,
Trees with tall stars above,
Women who watch a darkening street
For somebody they love.
Faith of a small child's rhyming prayer,
Candle shine. . . tables spread
With a blossom or two in a gay blue bowl,
Fragrance of crusted bread.
For men may dream of a clipper ship,
A wharf or a gypsy camp,
But their footsteps pattern a homing way
To a woman, a child, a lamp.
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