Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


SUNSET by WARREN HOLDEN

First Line: WHILE WENDING HOME IN SUNSET'S GOLDEN BLAZE
Last Line: ENCHANTED LOVERS WANDER HAND IN HAND.
Subject(s): EVENING; SUNSET; TWILIGHT;

WHILE wending home in sunset's golden blaze,
The western splendor lures each wistful eye
To pay due homage to the gorgeous sky.
What rapture bursts in sudden words of praise,
Or burns more eloquent in silent gaze!
For one brief moment heaven draweth nigh.
It fades away; and with a parting sigh,
We go, in musing mood, our several ways.
Entrancing vision, whence thy fleeting sheen,
Returning oft at twilight's witching hour?
Art thou the bright mirage of fairy-land?
In dreams transported to that magic scene,
Of rosy walk and paradisal bower,
Enchanted lovers wander hand in hand.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net