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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOCTURNE, by DENISE BARRETTE First Line: Pale upon the midnight stream Last Line: To tell perfection passed. | |||
Pale upon the midnight stream Where waxen lilies lie, White shadows in the moonlight gleam -- Two swans are floating by. Serenely hushed and silently they go; No sorrow can deflower The cooling peace that lies as snow On this communion hour. Each folded wing from marble breast Is like a gentle sigh, So quietly they seem to rest Between the wave and sky. Upon the pathway of the lake From which they drift at last, No feather mars their virgin wake To tell perfection passed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WE CAN'T WRITE OURSELVES INTO ETERNAL LIFE by DAVID IGNATOW SPRING'S NEBRASKA by KAREN SWENSON DEATH AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK; A TRUE STORY by ROBERT BURNS THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 34. THE DARK GLASS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI AMONG THE REDWOODS by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL AMERICA by SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH AN HYMN IN HONOUR OF BEAUTY by EDMUND SPENSER THE WIND by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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