Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. THUS I YEARNED FOR LOVE, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: Thus as I yearned for love Last Line: Ever down. Subject(s): Children; Hearts; Love; Passion; Childhood | ||||||||
THUS as I yearned for love, At length the clouds parted, And I knew the old old vision: Him with the sorrowful eyes (pain, unrelenting pain) With the distant piercing unapproachable eyes, I knew, The face from the murky clouds disclosed, and with drawn again. O night, fold upon fold, impenetrable, with silent tears in the darkness fallingmute night, remover of all evidence! O dawn, with early rising almost before it is light, and preparations for a long journey! O day, with children playing by the roadside, and greetings exchanged, and cheery demeanor! And somewhere, unseen, over all, the same unapproachable eyes looking as ever down. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE AS A MOULD FOR SOME FAIR FORM by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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