Ridgely Torrence Night Poems
- 1. The Lesser Children
A Threnody at the Hunting Season
In the middle of August when the southwest wind
... - 2. Eye-witness
Down by the railroad in a green valley
By dancing water, there he stayed awhile
Singing, and three men with him, listeners,
All tramps, all homeless reapers of the wind,
... - 3. Evensong
Beauty calls and gives no warning,
Shadows rise and wander on the day.
In the twilight, in the quiet evening,
We shall rise and smile and go away.
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