An hour ere sudden sunset fired the west, Arose two stars upon the pale deep east. The hall of heaven was clear for nights' high feast, Yet was not yet day's fiery heart at rest. Love leapt up from his mother's burning breast To see whose warm twin lights, as day decreased, Wax wider, till when all the sun had ceased As suns they shone from evening's kindled crest. Across them and between, a quickening fire, Flamed Venus, laughing with appeased desire. Their dawn, scarce lovelier for the gleam of tears, Filled half the hollow shell 'twixt heaven and earth With sound like moonlight, mingling moan and mirth, Which rings and glitters down the darkling years. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JONAS KEENE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE [JUNE 1, 1813] by THOMAS TRACY BOUVE MARTHY VIRGINIA'S HAND [SEPTEMBER 17, 1862] by GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP THE DEATH-BED by SIEGFRIED SASSOON THE MYSTIC TRUMPETER by WALT WHITMAN THE SPIRIT AND THE CUP by A. E. ANDERSON |