The Quality of Courage (Stephen Vincent Benet Poem)
Black trees against an orange sky, Trees that the wind shook terribly, Like a harsh spume along the road, Quavering ...
Black trees against an orange sky, Trees that the wind shook terribly, Like a harsh spume along the road, Quavering ...
The grey gulls drift across the bay Softly and still as flakes of snow Against the thinning fog. All day ...
Well, I was tired of life; the silly folk, The tiresome noises, all the common things I loved once, crushed ...
There is darkness behind the light -- and the pale light drips Cold on vague shapes and figures, that, half-seen ...
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