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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CITY AT TWILIGHT, by OSCAR WILLIAMS First Line: The swinging bells engrave in sunset golds Last Line: Faintly, the music of milleniums ...... Subject(s): Cities; Evening; Urban Life; Sunset; Twilight | |||
The swinging bells engrave in sunset golds The halos round the heads of poverty: The ringing tones reveal the gleaming folds Of glory, the rolled rumors of the sea. And far off splendour of a life unknown, Deep as reverberation of flown youth, Presses the heart of multitudes who moan: Salvation drips from dark, wet boughs of truth. Beloved city! flower of the forever! Honeyed interior of our history! Some day you'll wake beside this sword of river, This shield of cloud, and gaze up at the tree Where the white wind is perched and whence there comes Faintly, the music of milleniums ...... | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE |
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