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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE FOREST, by ELINOR PETERSON ALLEN First Line: A land of softly blended night and day Last Line: And stills the weary heart beneath its beam. Subject(s): Forests; Woods | |||
A land of softly blended night and day Where shadowy mists through forests dimly shine, And like a canopy of dusk entwine The mournful firs, which murmuring rock and sway. From parted skies a single sunlit ray Falls on the dull expanse. In ripples fine As threads of gold it gleams, a quivering line. Its gentle glow bids deepening twilight stay. So, in a human life by sadness worn, Of love devoid, toiling alone through life, There falls a light of hope divine; a stream Across the gray to brighten and adorn The soul oppressed. Its sweet grace softens strife And stills the weary heart beneath its beam. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER LANDSCAPES (FOR CLEMENT R. WOOD) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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