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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 SYNCOPATED CAKEWALK by CLARENCE MAJOR A CORN SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SEVEN TIMES THREE [ - LOVE] by JEAN INGELOW ST. JOHN'S, CAMBRIDGE; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE WEST WIND by JOHN MASEFIELD SONNET: 130 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |
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