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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HESPERIDES, by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE First Line: Sink, lovely day, and fold thy wings of gold Last Line: Soon shall I hear his keel grate on the shore. | |||
SINK, lovely day, and fold thy wings of gold Around the islands of the western seas, The far-off, beautiful Hesperides; For there the waves, by temperate winds controlled, Sing to the shores forever. Sink, and fold Thy wings above their golden-fruited trees, And quiet gardens, and the sinless ease Of them that grow no longer weak or old. They that dwell there have borne life's little pain; They were as we are, but shall weep no more. Fly, lovely day, and drop below the main, Where waits for me a welcome at the door; I follow when the Boatman comes again; Soon shall I hear his keel grate on the shore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POET'S CENTENARY by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE A SONG OF BATTLE by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE A VOICE by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE AD MUSAM by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE ALL SOUL'S EVE by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE AN APOSTOLIC MAN by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE AN EAGLE-SPIRIT by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE AN OLD SAW by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE CONSCIENCE by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE COOPERATION by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE |
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