Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUNDOWN, by THOMAS WALSH


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SUNDOWN, by                    
First Line: As the rose of the day lies dying
Last Line: On the stream of the vanished years.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Nature; Past; Time


AS the rose of the day lies dying
With its petals strewn over the sea,
A sail floats down from the low-eaved town
And the salt, green stretch of the lea;
While the breeze like a lover sighing
Steals after its silvery crest,
And the sun delays with his tenderest rays
In a last caress on its breast.

Then flutters out from the gloaming
Where the lamps on the shore awake
A butterfly caught with the amorous thought
That the sail could be fond for its sake.
Thus in vain were the lights of the homing
When our hearts made their voyage of tears,
Where the white wings call and the roseleaves fall
On the stream of the vanished years.





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