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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FORMALITY AND THE SOUL: 2. JAMES MACNEIL WHISTLER, by KARL W. BIGELOW First Line: Night- / a silver moonbeam on a golden strand Last Line: Flitting thru the night. Subject(s): Humanity; Whistler, James Abbott (1834-1903) | |||
Night— A silver moonbeam on a golden strand. Black ocean— An ocean, undulating and black. A gray dawn. The souls of men— Some white, some gray, some black, All souls of men— Flitting about in the black darkness of the night. Humanity— Deep-rooted kindliness. A something snatching— Always snatching at the heart-strings, Snatching and appealing. Souls— Flitting thru the night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE SAKE OF RETRIEVAL by LINDA BIERDS BEFORE THE MIRROR (VERSES WRITTEN UNDER A PICTURE) by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE FORMALITY AND THE SOUL: 1. JOHN SINGER SARGENT by KARL W. BIGELOW THE MILKMAID'S SONG by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL YOU ON THE TOWER by THOMAS HARDY THE SLEEPING BEAUTY by SAMUEL ROGERS FOR SPRING, BY SANDRO BOTTICELLI by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE MAIMED DEBAUCHEE by JOHN WILMOT COMPARES THE TROUBLES WHICH HE HAS UNDERGONE, TO LABOURS OF HERCULES by PHILIP AYRES THE SOLITARY TOMB by BERNARD BARTON |
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