Against the royal blue A mist rebellious flew -- A night-born, wind-uplifted shade That for an angry moment stayed, Then wept itself away. The earth with moistened eyes Beholds the sunlit skies Again, but never to forget The cloud whose life-drops mingle yet With her maternal clay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TREE OF SONG by SARA TEASDALE THE WHITE SHIP by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE MISTRESS; A SONG by JOHN WILMOT SALOME by HARRIET GRAY BLACKWELL THE MAY DAY GARLAND by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN MARCH by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |