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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE YELLOW MOON, by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER Poet's Biography First Line: This long day has closed in a yellow moon Last Line: That over the poplars rises and leads? Subject(s): Love; Sun; Yellow (color) | |||
This long day has closed in a yellow moon That over the poplars softly leads, While through the air spreads the gentle croon Of water that slumbers amid the reeds. Could we have known, beneath the torrid sun Tramping the stubble and the blood-red ground, Could we have known, when arid sands o'errun Held, like stamped blood, prints of our feet around, Could we have known, when love's flame soared so high In our souls charred with its hopeless flashes, Could we have known that when the blaze would die Evening would be so gentle, with the ashes, And that the bitter day would gently croon With still water dreaming amid the reeds, Would softly close in a yellow moon That over the poplars rises and leads? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIMROSE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS POEM FOR YELLOW SILK by CATHERINE WAGNER A LESSER ODE by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER APPARITION by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER CHRYSILLA by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER INSCRIPTION FOR A CITY'S GATE OF WARRIORS by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER JE NE VEUX DE PERSONNE AUPRES DE MA TRISTESSE by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER |
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