See, where the falling day In silence steals away, Behind the western hills withdrawn; Her fires are quench'd, her beauty fled, With blushes all her face o'erspread, As conscious she had ill fulfill'd The promise of the dawn! Another morning soon shall rise, Another day salute our eyes As smiling, and as fair as she, And make as many promises; But do not thou The tale believe, They're sisters all, And all deceive. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SUICIDE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: TENNESSEE CLAFLIN SHOPE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS COUNSEIL TO A BACHELER by MARIANNE MOORE ELEGY: THE LITTLE GHOST WHO DIED FOR LOVE; FOR ALLANAH HARPER by EDITH SITWELL |