Vesperal
Strange grows the river on the sunless evenings! The river comforts me, grown spectral, vague and dumb: Long was the day; at last the consoling shadows come: Sufficient for the day are the day's evil things! Labour and longing and despair the long day brings; Patient till evening men watch the sun go west; Deferred, expected night at last brings sleep and rest: Sufficient for the day are the day's evil things! At last the tranquil Angelus of evening rings Night's curtain down for comfort and oblivion Of all the vanities observd by the sun: Sufficient for the day are the day's evil things! So, some time, when the last of all our evenings Crowneth memorially the last of all our days, Not loth to take his poppies man goes down and says, "Sufficient for the day were the day's evil things!"
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"Strange grows the river on the sunless evenings!..."
This evocative piece by Ernest Christopher Dowson, titled "Vesperal", represents a masterful exploration of classic. The lines capture a profound emotional resonance... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...