Sunset

[med_cat]

Sunset

The river sleeps beneath the sky,
And clasps the shadows to its breast;
The crescent moon shines dim on high;
And in the lately radiant west
The gold is fading into gray.
Now stills the lark his festive lay,
And mourns with me the dying day.

While in the south the first faint star
Lifts to the night its silver face,
And twinkles to the moon afar
Across the heaven's graying space,
Low murmurs reach me from the town,
As Day puts on her sombre crown,
And shakes her mantle darkly down.

(Paul Laurence Dunbar)

Comments

[gamelybook.livejournal.com]

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[duathir.livejournal.com]

I have always liked this; thank you.

[med_cat]

You are most welcome! Yes, he has some wonderful poems, doesn't he?

offtopic but re: poems

[med_cat]

I thought you might like the poems in my LJ entry of May 26th, 2015, titled "A compilation of poems) (I friended you so you could see the entry)--you'd posted some of them before, but I think you might not have seen some of the others, esp. the Russian ones I'd translated.

(I don't want to link directly to the entry b/c it has multiple LJ-cuts and it would be easier to read when each cut is opened individually)

Re: offtopic but re: poems

[duathir.livejournal.com]

Thank you; I do like them, and have friended you back.

Re: offtopic but re: poems

[med_cat]

My pleasure re: poems and thanks for friending back!