WHEN swallows fly On wistful wings, And the rose-flushed sky The darkness brings, — Sing, shadowy pines, Of the sail-winged sea, And sing, O day, Thy memory. When the salt sea tide Returns again, O'er reaches wide, With its sad refrain, — Sing, wailing tern, The day forget, To dreams return, Leave old regret. When ways to wander Allure no more, Stay, wind, to ponder Beside my door, — As some sea-shell Sings of the sea With its deep swell, Sing thou to me. When twilight falls, And from afar A lone thrush calls The first pale star, — Sing, wind of the shadows, Sing, wraith of the rain, In the quiet meadows, To me again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN WHIPPOORWILL (A GEORGIA ROMANCE) by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET BROTHERHOOD by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE DINNER-PARTY by AMY LOWELL CANTICLE OF THE RACE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DOMESDAY BOOK: AT FAIRBANKS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |