Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEO GRATIAS, by MARY FRANCES MARTIN First Line: Thanks be to god for golden afterglory Last Line: Thanks be to god for life's bright afterglow. Alternate Author Name(s): Cearnach, Conal Subject(s): God; Gratitude; Nature - Religious Aspects | ||||||||
I Thanks be to God for golden afterglory The rich effulgent flood at set of sun; For the hour of hushed intensive beauty Enveloping the world when day is done. Up the wide arc of sky the colors tremble, Roseate and primrose, bossed with amethyst, Sea-water green, and over all a splendor, A diaphane of lucent golden mist. II Thanks be to God for golden afterglory When the web of life is almost spun, For peace serene, when just beyond the sunset The last goal waits the race so nearly run. When the long day of life is near its sunset, When eyes are dim, and steps are falteringslow When old hearts wait courageously the morrow, Thanks be to God for life's bright afterglow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LANDSCAPES (FOR CLEMENT R. WOOD) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE STORM by ANNA A. ARMBRUSTER IN THE HIGH HILLS by MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT THE HILL-BORN by MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT THE DESERTED PASTURE by BLISS CARMAN PRESIDIO HILL by JOHN VANCE CHENEY AT THE ROSEBUD BRIDGE by MARY FRANCES MARTIN |
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