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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FORMALITY AND THE SOUL: 2. JAMES MACNEIL WHISTLER, by KARL W. BIGELOW First Line: Night- / a silver moonbeam on a golden strand Last Line: Flitting thru the night. Subject(s): Humanity; Whistler, James Abbott (1834-1903) | |||
Night A silver moonbeam on a golden strand. Black ocean An ocean, undulating and black. A gray dawn. The souls of men Some white, some gray, some black, All souls of men Flitting about in the black darkness of the night. Humanity Deep-rooted kindliness. A something snatching Always snatching at the heart-strings, Snatching and appealing. Souls Flitting thru the night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE SAKE OF RETRIEVAL by LINDA BIERDS BEFORE THE MIRROR (VERSES WRITTEN UNDER A PICTURE) by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE FORMALITY AND THE SOUL: 1. JOHN SINGER SARGENT by KARL W. BIGELOW EVENING SONG OF THE THOUGHTFUL CHILD by KATHERINE MANSFIELD TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME by ROBERT HERRICK THE ROPEWALK by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1882 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD by CARL SANDBURG FIRST-DAY THOUGHTS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER QUATRAIN: FROM EASTERN SOURCES: 1 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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