When February sun shines cold
There comes a day when in the air
The wings of winter slow unfold
And show the golden summer there.
Dead ivy on the winter wall
Is glowing with an April light;
And all the wreckage of the fall
Above the snow comes into sight.
By a green rock beneath the pines
Are shadows blue along the snow.
Above the silent sun the lines
Of cloud in white procession go.
A bloom is on the forest tops
Of red light bursting through the brown.
The ice awakes, and silver drops
Come through the meadow stealing down.
The sky is hushed; beneath the trees
Where silentness and night have birth,
I heard the sunset whisper, Peace!
Peace, Peace! the gods are on the earth.
(Philip Henry Savage)
More Poetry from Philip Henry Savage:
Philip Henry Savage Poems based on Topics: Light, Nature, God, Birth, Snow, Sense & Perception, Winter, War & Peace- Solitude (Philip Henry Savage Poems)
- Anadyomene (Philip Henry Savage Poems)
- The Hedgerow (Philip Henry Savage Poems)
- "I Left The City" (Philip Henry Savage Poems)
- Near The White Ledge, Sandwich, N. H. (Philip Henry Savage Poems)
- The Song-Sparrow (Philip Henry Savage Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: God Poems, Light Poems, Nature Poems, War & Peace Poems, Sense & Perception Poems, Snow Poems, Winter Poems, Birth PoemsBased on Keywords: silentness