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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 DOMESDAY BOOK: THE VERDICT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE DONG WITH A LUMINOUS NOSE by EDWARD LEAR IN A COPY OF OMAR KHAYYAM by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL MAUDE CLARE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MEDITATION AT KEW by ANNA WICKHAM STEAMBOATS, VIADUCTS, AND RAILWAYS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH MY LOYAL LOVE by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS |
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