Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWILIGHT ON TWEED, by ANDREW LANG Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three crests against the saffron sky Last Line: You tell me that the voice is still %that should have welcomed me Subject(s): Dusk | ||||||||
THREE crests against the saffron sky, Three crests against the saffron sky , Beyond the purple plain, Beyond the purple plain, The dear remembered melody The kind remembered melody Of Tweed once more again. Of Tweed once more again. Wan water from the border hills, Dear voice from the old years, Thy distant music lulls and stills, Wan water from the border hills, Dear voice from the old years, And moves to quiet tears. Like a loved ghost thy fabled flood Thy distant music lulls and stills, Fleets through the dusky land; And moves to quiet tears. Where Scott, come home to die, has stood, My feet returning stand. A mist of memory broods and floats, Like a loved ghost thy fabled flood Fleets through the dusky land; The border waters flow; The air is full of ballad notes, Where Scott, come home to die, has stood, Borne out of long ago. My feet returning stand. Old songs that sung themselves to me, Sweet through a boy's day-dream, A mist of memory broods and floats, While trout below the blossom'd tree The border waters flow; Plashed in the golden stream. The air is full of ballad notes, Twilight, and Tweed, and Eildon Hill, Fair and thrice fair you be; Borne out of long ago. You tell me that the voice is still That should have welcomed me. Old songs that sung themselves to me, Sweet through a boy's day-dream, While trout below the blossomed tree Plashed in the golden stream. Twilight, and Tweed, and Eildon Hill, Fair and too fair you be; You tell me that the voice is still That should have welcomed me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 4. THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TWILIGHT SONG by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON TWILIGHT by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TWILIGHT AT THE HEIGHTS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER TWILIGHT AT SEA by AMELIA B. WELBY WHY DID YOU DEPART AT DUSK? by CLARISSA M. BAILEY A SONG OF DAWN AT DUSK by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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