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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 CHIMNEY SWEEPER, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE ON SIR PALMES FAIRBORNE'S TOMB, IN WESTERMINSTER ABBEY by JOHN DRYDEN HE HAD HIS DREAM by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ILLUSIONS by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON THE WOLF AND SHEPHERDS; A FABLE by JAMES BEATTIE ZILLEBEKE BROOK by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE COLLEGE GARDEN; IN 1917 by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES |
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