Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BY THE ARNO (SUNSET), by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD Poet's Biography First Line: Between the mountains and the sea Last Line: In the cypress land. Alternate Author Name(s): Radford, Ernest, Mrs. Subject(s): Arno River, Italy; Rivers | ||||||||
BETWEEN the mountains and the sea, And the river flows, With all its prisoned water free From the frozen snows, Through the city's heart by night and day, By the palaces and quiet way That it loves and knows. Upon its breast a crimson stain, In the noon-day sun, That trembles to a flower of pain, Till the day be done, Till its burning petals break to fire In the passion of a great desire That may ne'er be won. Oh flower of joy that I have found For my soul's relief, Thy dews are sweet to parching ground, Oh my flower of grief, That I gathered with my fainting breath, Oh my flower of life, my flower of death, Let the hour be brief. I give thee to the river's breast, Where my tears are shed, The city's heart thy place of rest, Where my heart has bled, And thy fire to pass me as a tide, In a flood of crimson purple dyed, For the joy that's dead. Ah me, not all the city's need May thy passion hold, The river has no chasm freed For thy flames of gold, And thy fire leaps upward to the sky, In a burning flood that will not die Till my heart be cold. The city and the river's brink, Where I fear to stand, The cup of peace my soul would drink, To my trembling hand, And my flower that never dies, ah me -- Between the mountains and the sea -- In the cypress land. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL TO A WOMAN GLANCING UP FROM THE RIVER by LARRY LEVIS TWO-RIVER LEDGER by KHALED MATTAWA HE FINDS THE MANSION by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE RIVERS by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA VERMILION FLYCATCHER, SAN PEDRO RIVER, ARIZONA by MARGARET ATWOOD THE PORCH OVER THE RIVER by WENDELL BERRY THE RIVER BRIDGED AND FORGOT by WENDELL BERRY TO MY CHILDREN: 3 by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD |
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