Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOG, by ALFRED LICHTENSTEIN First Line: By a soft mist the world has been destroyed Last Line: Pierce as with blunted spears the swollen night. Subject(s): Fog; Haze | ||||||||
By a soft mist the world has been destroyed. The bloodless trees fade out in smoky death. Vague shadows sway, where cries ring down the void. And burning bistres vanish like a breath. The gas-lamps are like flies a web has caught. Each seeks escape, with faint and flickering jerks. But glimmering on high, she who has wrought The web of mist: the vile moon-spider lurks. But we, the godless, death's most fitting prize, Trample this desolate splendor with despite. And dumbly our pale melancholic eyes Pierce as with blunted spears the swollen night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS BELLEVUE EXCHANGE by NORMAN DUBIE THE SEA FOG by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW by ROBERT HERRICK EPISTLE TO MRS. BLOUNT, WITH THE WORKS OF VOITURE by ALEXANDER POPE |
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