|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREY, by JEAN CROSSE HANSEN
First Line: I have looked upon the troubled grey
Last Line: A shaft of quivering sunlight filters down.
Subject(s): Aging; Gray (color); Grey (color)
First Line: I have looked upon the troubled grey
Last Line: A shaft of quivering sunlight filters down.
Subject(s): Aging; Gray (color); Grey (color)
I have looked upon the troubled grey
Of sullen, tossing waves and lowering skies;
Have heard the sea birds' shrill and anxious cries
As, one by one, they lift and wheel away;
I long for gold and blue; not this dull day
Enfolding distant hills with mists that rise
To meet dark clouds; I scorn with aching eyes
This monotone of sky and leaden bay.
To grey-haired folk the road more lonely grows ...
The grey-eyed ones of earth must travel far ...
Renunciation wears a somber gown...
As thus I dream, a line of cinnebar
Broadens along the western hill-crest, glows;
A shaft of quivering sunlight filters down.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
THE PRIME OF LIFE by WALTER LEARNED
LEAVES, SHADOWS, AND DREAMS by WILLIAM SHARP
THE REASON WHY by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL
FLOCKS AND HERDS by KATHARINE TYNAN
THE GREY MORNINGS by KATHARINE TYNAN
DEAD LOVE (HEARD SUNG BY AN OLD WOMAN OF THE ISLAND OF TIREE) by ANONYMOUS
BESTOWAL by JEAN CROSSE HANSEN
BRUTUS LIVES AGAIN IN BOOTH by EDGAR LEE MASTERS