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This poem observes that no "haunt of prophecy" or "old chimera of the grave" has endured "as April's green endures." This poem's third stanza imagines a time when "the sky will be much friendlier...not this indifferent and divided blue" after asking "shall our blood fail? Or shall it come to be the blood of paradise?" Its second-to-last stanza describes "a ring of men" who chant "their boisterous devotion to the sun" in response to a woman who feels "the need of imperishable bliss." This poem's final line provides the title for Helen Vendler's study of its author's long poetry, On Extended Wings. Its opening lines describe how "the holy hush of ancient sacrifice" is dissipated by "Complacencies of the peignoir, and late coffee and oranges in a summer chair." This poem declares that "death is the mother of beauty," and was published in its author's collection Harmonium. For 10 points, name this meditation about Christianity by Wallace Stevens, whose title refers to a time when many believers attend church.
This poem observes that no "haunt of prophecy" or "old chimera of the grave" has endured "as April's green endures.
"Sunday Morning"