Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SECOND THOUGHTS, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE First Line: Was it I who dreamed Last Line: In the endless, love! Subject(s): Doubt; Dreams; Faith; Love; Perseverance; Skepticism; Nightmares; Belief; Creed | ||||||||
WAS it I who dreamed In the doubtful Dark That distant gleamed A kindling spark? Was it I who sought it And found its flame, And seized and brought it The way you came? Was it I who bowed And held the fire? Was it you whose proud Regard drew nigher? Was it your torch took Sudden light from mine, And your radiant look That I drank like wine? Or, did you pass Serene and still, No smile, alas! On those lips so chill; Your torch unlit, And the Dark about, Sole light in it Fast flickering out? Nay, dying not, Though its flame must be By fated lot Unpassed to thee; Though the Dark be dark, One torch may prove A meeting-mark In the Endless, love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 4 by MARK JARMAN QUIA ABSURDUM by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET TO FORTUNE by LUCY AIKEN JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS by ROBERT LOWELL RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION by MINA LOY A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE |
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