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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AS DAY BEGINS TO WANE, by HELENA COLEMAN First Line: Encompassed by a thousand nameless fears Last Line: Were making ready for a wider flight. Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight | |||
Encompassed by a thousand nameless fears, I see life's little day begin to wane, And hear the well-loved voices call in vain Across the narrowing margin of my years; And as the Valley of the Shadow nears, Such yearning tides of tenderness and pain Sweep over me that I can scarce restrain The gathering flood of ineffectual tears. Yet there are moments when the shadows bring No sense of parting or approaching night, But, rather, all my soul seems broadening Before the dawn of unimagined light— As if within the heart a folded wing Were making ready for a wider flight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA by SAMUEL HAWKINS MARSHALL BYERS |
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