Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING TWILIGHT, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: On the wan sea-strand Last Line: Smiling and lit by the moon. Subject(s): Dusk | ||||||||
ON the wan sea-strand Lonely I lay, and in sorrowful brooding. The sun sank lower and lower, and flung His red rays, glowing, on the water, And I watched the far white billows, In the grip of the flood, Foaming and roaring, nigher and nigher Strange medley of sounds! a whispering and wailing, A laughing and murmuring, sobbing and sighing, Low voices, the while, a strange lullaby singing. Methought I heard long-forgotten legends, World-old adorable folk-tales, That long since in boyhood From neighbors' children I learnt; When, of a summer evening, On the steps of stone by the house-door, We squatted for quiet story-telling, With small hearts eagerly listening And young eyes keen for wonders; While the fair grown-up maidens Sat, 'mid balm-breathing pots of flowers, At a window over the way there, With rosy faces, Smiling and lit by the moon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 4. THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TWILIGHT SONG by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON TWILIGHT by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TWILIGHT AT THE HEIGHTS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER TWILIGHT AT SEA by AMELIA B. WELBY WHY DID YOU DEPART AT DUSK? by CLARISSA M. BAILEY A SONG OF DAWN AT DUSK by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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