Across the red sky two birds flying, Flying with drooping wings. Silent and solitary their ominous flight. All day the triumphant sun with yellow banners Warred and warred with the earth, and when she yielded Stabbed her heart, gathered her blood in a chalice, Spilling it over the evening sky. When the dark plumaged birds go flying, flying, Quiet lies the earth wrapt in her mournful shadow, Her sightless eyes turned to the red sky And the restlessly seeking birds. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BARMAID AND THE ALEXANDRITE by KAREN SWENSON NAPOLEON AND THE BRITISH [OR ENGLISH] SAILOR [BOY] by THOMAS CAMPBELL ON VENUS ARISING FROM THE SEA by ANTIPATER OF SIDON THE STWONEN STEPS by WILLIAM BARNES THE TREE ACROSS THE ROAD by ELIZABETH KELTY BEITEL THE KIRK OF LAMINGTON by ROBERT BURNS VISTAS OF LABOR: 3. IN A SWEATSHOP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |