Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DESERT TWILIGHT, by JULIA DAINGERFIELD GLASS


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DESERT TWILIGHT, by                    
First Line: Bold, glaring daylight wanes
Last Line: In the still, sweet twilight.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating


Bold, glaring daylight wanes
And my spirit seeks the plains.
At this hour the city holds no part of me,
Nor green mountain, nor foam-waved singing sea,
Nor dewy flowery lanes.

This is the quiet hour
When my soul seeks not to tower
To heights unattainable, but would humbly rest
Close on the warm sands of the desert's breast,
Close to a desert flower.

Oh for a swift bird's flight!
Before the fall of the night,
To stand in the arms of earth's rim and again
Feel small sounds, feel the pulsing of the plain,
In the still, sweet twilight.





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