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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAITING ON THE QUAY, by EVA HAMMOND CHURCHILL First Line: Known you before? Yes, aeons we have known Last Line: Glanced modern lights in geometric line. Subject(s): History; Historians | |||
Known you before? Yes, æons we have known Each other, worshipped, wept, laughed,—if we could Recall th' events. Maybe with masks of wood We played in Attic city; or in stone We watched an obelisk take form; or prone We stammered prayers to Buddha for our good; Or at the Crucifixion met and stood And suffered, wild hearts withering without moan. Last night we met, you pale and silent; I Calm, waiting for th' ascending tide; and mine To know and yours to know, as eye held eye, The world's eternal beauty by a sign Obscure but sure. Against the ancient sky Glanced modern lights in geometric line. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE IN PICTURES by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE HISTORY OF MY LIFE by JOHN ASHBERY INITIAL CONDITIONS by MARVIN BELL THE DREAM SONGS: 290 by JOHN BERRYMAN THE EROTICS OF HISTORY by EAVAN BOLAND THEM AND US by LUCILLE CLIFTON |
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