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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIFFERENTIA, by LULU BRUNT DAWSON First Line: The sun is a god Last Line: Of utter weariness. | |||
The sun is a god, A flaming, avid god, Young as an old man with a new love; And his setting Is as brilliant and resplendent As his rising -- A glory that never wanes. The moon is a goddess, A chaste, sardonic goddess; Old as any woman out of love. She will rise in radiant splendor To triumphant, lucent fullness And then wane and die Of utter weariness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SORROW SINGERS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MARIANNE MOORE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ON WORDSWORTH by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE THE HOUSE ON THE HILL by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 25 by PHILIP SIDNEY A MATCH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE HANDSOME KNIGHT by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II |
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