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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ARC-LAMPS, by THEODOR DAUBLER
First Line: The arc-lamps crown the sunset with their glimmer
Last Line: Why do you pale beneath the starry diadem?
Subject(s): Light
First Line: The arc-lamps crown the sunset with their glimmer
Last Line: Why do you pale beneath the starry diadem?
Subject(s): Light
The arc-lamps crown the sunset with their glimmer,
Their lilac beauty will outlive its glow.
On the wild crowd they shed a ghostly shimmer.
They are glazed fruits from worlds we do not know.
Is not the din hushed by the gentle trickle
Of light they pour? I cannot fathom them.
Wise stars, a moon swinging an evil sickle.
Why do you pale beneath the starry diadem?
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