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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MESSAGE OF THE MASQUE, by LEONARD HARMON ROBBINS First Line: The lights are out; the rainbow pictures fade Last Line: The vision of the city that shall be. Subject(s): Masquerades | |||
The lights are out; the rainbow pictures fade; Their magic beauty and their color-flow And rhythmic grace no eye again shall know; 'Tis ended now, the lovely masquerade, And those who, wondering, looked, and those who played, Back to the busy commonplace they go, To toiling life that moves so dull and slow; And silent darkness cloaks the parkland glade. The rainbow pictures fade; but still there gleams The rainbow hope to hold us to our dreams; And lowly toil grows beautiful and bright As hearts urge forward to the coming light; And men in lifelong memory will see The vision of the city that shall be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMORET IN MASQUERADE by CHARLES COTTON ON THE MASQUERADES by CHRISTOPHER PITT A MASQUERADE by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER THE MASQUERADE by JOHN GODFREY SAXE MASQUERADE by BETTY COOK ROTTMANN A SUNSET IN SUSSEX by LEONARD HARMON ROBBINS NEWARK'S MORNING SONG by LEONARD HARMON ROBBINS A TIME TO DANCE by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE FRAILTY AND HURTFULNESS OF BEAUTY by HENRY HOWARD |
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