Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AS A DECADENT PASSES, by DONALD EVANS


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AS A DECADENT PASSES, by                    
First Line: Bid the dawn come; the moonlight is too pale
Last Line: New-cut gardenias for my head and feet.
Subject(s): Dawn; Farewell; Life; Moon; Sunrise; Parting


Bid the dawn come; the moonlight is too pale;
Shadows are tiring me; the night is long.
Shabby the lures of life, and they all fail,
Nor is there music for a farewell song.

Death has prepared the most authentic thrill;
I hear the whisper of his winding sheet,
And, lo! he brings me over one lone hill
New-cut gardenias for my head and feet.





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