Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VALLEY OF PALE BLUE FLOWERS, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: In a hidden valley a pale blue flower grows Last Line: My soul slowly, slowly, slowly, will sink to its ultimate hour. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Dreams; Flowers; Memory; Nothingness; Salvation; Youth; Nightmares; Nihilism; Voids | ||||||||
In a hidden valley a pale blue flower grows. It is so pale that in the moonshine it is dimmer than dim gold, And in the starshine paler than the palest rose. It is the flower of dream. Who holds it is never old. It is the flower of forgetfulness: and oblivion is youth: Breathing it, flame is not empty air, dust is not cold. Lift it, and there is no memory of sorrow or any ruth; The grey monotone of the low sky is filled with light; The dim, terrible, inpalpable lie wears the raiment of truth. I lift it, now, for somewhat in the heart of the night Fills me with dread. It may be that, as a tiger in his lair, Memory, crouching, waits to spring into the light. No, I will clasp it close to my heart, overdroop with my hair: I will breathe thy frail faint breath, O pale blue flower, And then . . . and then . . . nothing shall take me unaware! Nothing: no thought: no fear: only the invisible power Of the vast deeps of night, wherein down a shadowy stair My soul slowly, slowly, slowly, will sink to its ultimate hour. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VERS DE SOCI??T?? by PHILIP LARKIN AT THE GRAVE OF MY GUARDIAN ANGEL: ST. LOUIS CEMETERY, NEW ORLEANS by LARRY LEVIS CONTRA MORTEM: THE NOTHING I by HAYDEN CARRUTH CONTRA MORTEM: THE NOTHING II by HAYDEN CARRUTH NOTHING AND THE INCIDENT IN THE STREETS by GREGORY ORR POEM ABOUT NOTHING by GREGORY ORR |
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