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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...THE SECRET by KATHERINE MANSFIELD VARIATIONS FOR A SUMMER EVENING by MICHAEL ANANIA TOM MOONEY by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD TO THE DANDELION by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL WHEN SHE COMES HOME by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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