Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JANUARY DUSK, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Austere and clad in sombre robes of grey Last Line: And all the coloured retinue of spring. Subject(s): Dusk; January | ||||||||
AUSTERE and clad in sombre robes of grey, With hands upfolded and with silent wings, In unimpassioned mystery the day Passes; a lonely thrush its requiem sings. The dust of night is tangled in the boughs Of leafless lime and lilac, and the pine Grows blacker, and the star upon the brows Of sleep is set in heaven for a sign. Earth's little weary peoples fall on peace And dream of breaking buds and blossoming, Of primrose airs, of days of large increase, And all the coloured retinue of spring. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JANUARY NIGHT by KENNETH REXROTH THE WEATHER SHIFTS by ARTHUR SZE JANUARY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS IN JANUARY by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: JANUARY by EDMUND SPENSER JANUARY TREASURE by LESTER CLARK JANUARY by MARGARET COTTER FERGUSON THE POET'S CALENDAR: JANUARY by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW |
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