Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DECEMBER DAY, by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY


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DECEMBER DAY, by                    
First Line: Blue, blue is the sea today
Subject(s): December


BLUE, blue is the sea to -day ,
Warmly the light
Sleeps on St. Andrews Bay
Blue, fringed with white.


That's no December sky!
Surely ' tis June
Holds now her state on high,
Queen of the noon .


Only the tree- tops bare
Crowning the hill,
Clear- cut in perfect air,
Warn us that still


Winter, the agèd chief,
Mighty in power,
Exiles the tender leaf,
Exiles the flower,


Is there a heart to -day,
A heart that grieves
For flowers that fade away,
For fallen leaves?


Oh, not in leaves or flowers
Endures the charm
That clothes those naked towers
With love - light warm .


O dear St. Andrews Bay,
Winter or Spring
Gives not nor takes away
Memories that cling


All round thy girdling reefs ,
That walk my shore,
Memories of joys and griefs
Ours evermore.






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