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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER TENIERS, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poet's Biography
First Line: A quiet curve of sombre brown water
Last Line: In the deep'ning gloom of the evening time.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Evening; Peasantry; Wine; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: A quiet curve of sombre brown water
Last Line: In the deep'ning gloom of the evening time.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Evening; Peasantry; Wine; Sunset; Twilight
A QUIET curve of sombre brown water,
Flecked with duck-weed and dotted with leaves;
A low brick cottage, where shadows nestle
'Neath velvet edges of well-thatched eaves.
In front a space, with its gaudy dahlias
And solid shade of the branching lime,
Where, soberly gay, two boors are drinking
In the deep'ning gloom of the evening time.
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