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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVANESCENCE, by HAROLD VINAL Poet's Biography First Line: Slowly I pass among the blowing flowers Last Line: Only to fall to earth when storms beat by. | |||
Slowly I pass among the blowing flowers Catching my breath at their beauty as I go; Familiar sweetness drifts across the hours, Keen, lovely sweetness intimate as woe. Yet by tomorrow, all the roses blown Will be a sea of crimson on the grass, And the naked trees will shudder at the moan Of glowing winds that wake them as they pass. In such wise love will vanish as the night; Each word of joy that you have sung to me The years will silence with their dark delight And the wild soaring after ecstasy Will be a lyric bird that dares the sky Only to fall to earth when storms beat by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHESTNUT STREET, BOSTON by HAROLD VINAL ISLAND BORN (1) by HAROLD VINAL ISLAND BORN (2) by HAROLD VINAL |
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