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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF THE EVENING, by GOTTFRIED KELLER Poet's Biography First Line: You my eyes, my little windows dear Last Line: Of the glories in this world so wide! | |||
You my eyes, my little windows dear, Leave me yet a while your vision clear, Welcome many pictures in with cheer-- Sometime soon you will be dark and drear! And when once these weary lids shall close, Then the soul shall rest--when darkness grows; Groping, off she strips her shoes and goes In her coffin black to find repose. Still she sees two little sparks that gleam: Like two tiny inward stars they beam, Till they fade and vanish like a dream; Blown away by moth-wings' beat they seem. Yet I'm wandering still at eventide, Only fading stars as friends abide. Drink, my eyes, whate'er can be espied Of the glories in this world so wide! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUMMER NIGHT by GOTTFRIED KELLER WINTER NIGHT by GOTTFRIED KELLER SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 4 by CONRAD AIKEN A LITTLE WHILE by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR THE CAT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES IDYLLS OF THE KING: GARETH AND LYNETTE by ALFRED TENNYSON IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 115 by ALFRED TENNYSON GIFTS AND GIVERS by BERTON BRALEY AN ELEGY ON SIR THOMAS OVERBURY; POISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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