THE sun has set—and sea and sky are blending In tints of purple, amaranth, and gold, While fretted clouds which stretch in line unending New harmonies of light and shade unfold. Like a young bride with cheeks incarnadined, The crimson main droops deepening every hour. Spiced with the breath of many a twilight flower, Steals on the shadowy dusk the soft night wind, Bringing forgetfulness of place and time. Lo! from her bed of waters, gleaming white 'Mid soft unveilings of translucent light, Fair Venus rises vestally sublime, And down the jewell'd splendour of the sky Clouds with remembrance many a lover's eye! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PECK OF GOLD by ROBERT FROST ABOVE AND WITHIN by DAVID IGNATOW ENVOYS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ISOLATION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MEMORY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMEDAY BOOK: JOHN CAMPBELL AND CARL EATON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |