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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOCTURNE, by CROSBIE GARSTIN
First Line: The red flame flowers bloom and die
Last Line: In the star-chamber of the wild.
Variant Title(s): On The Back Veld
Subject(s): Night; Wilderness; Bedtime
First Line: The red flame flowers bloom and die
Last Line: In the star-chamber of the wild.
Variant Title(s): On The Back Veld
Subject(s): Night; Wilderness; Bedtime
THE red flame flowers bloom and die,
The embers puff a golden spark,
Now and again a horse's eye
Shines like a topaz in the dark.
A prowling jackal jars the hush,
The drowsy oxen chump and sigh—
The ghost moon lifts above the bush
And creeps across the starry sky.
Low in the south the "Cross" is bright,
And sleep comes dreamless, undefiled,
Here in the blue and silver night
In the star-chamber of the Wild.
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