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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PANIC AT SUNRISE, by ELMER GUSTAFSON First Line: Let me avoid these pastures of despair Last Line: Strip me to shiver at the face of god. | |||
Let me avoid these pastures of despair Where grasses lurk, and sun-rays stab my heart. I have left stalwart footprints in the way, Have met my fellows eye to eye; and now Shall clover abash me? Daisies start my tears? I have hitherto stood upright. Must I kneel And pay obeisance to a violet? I cannot stay while larks on easy wing Weave mockery with notes of lyric scorn. Let me escape while I may still retain My cloak that clad me bravely yesterday, Lest sun and wind and flower and pitiless bird Strip me to shiver at the face of God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GALSWORTHY TAKES THE FERRY by ELMER GUSTAFSON INSCRIPTION FOR A GRAVE by ELMER GUSTAFSON ON THE TERRACE by ELMER GUSTAFSON VILLANELLE OF RAINFALL by ELMER GUSTAFSON A SEA-SHORE GRAVE by SIDNEY LANIER SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 13 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING CHRISTMAS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR UPON JULIA'S VOICE by ROBERT HERRICK THE DOLLS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ON THE STATUE OF AN ANGEL, BY BIENAIME by WASHINGTON ALLSTON |
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