Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOING AND COMING, by EDWARD A. JENKS


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First Line: Going - the great round sun
Last Line: Chorus!
Subject(s): Consolation; Death; Dead, The


Going -- the great round Sun,
Dragging the captive Day
Over behind the frowning hill,
Over beyond the bay, --
Dying:
Coming -- the dusky Night,
Silently stealing in,
Wrapping himself in the soft warm couch
Where the golden-haired Day hath been
Lying.
Going -- the bright, blithe Spring;
Blossoms! how fast ye fall,
Shooting out of your starry sky
Into the darkness all
Blindly!
Coming -- the mellow days:
Crimson and yellow leaves;
Languishing purple and amber fruits
Kissing the bearded sheaves
Kindly!
Going -- our early friends;
Voices we loved are dumb;
Footsteps grow dim in the morning dew;
Fainter the echoes come
Ringing:
Coming to join our march, --
Shoulder to shoulder pressed, --
Gray-haired veterans strike their tents
For the far-off purple West --
Singing!
Going -- this old, old life;
Beautiful world, farewell!
Forest and meadow! river and hill!
Ring ye a loving knell
O'er us!
Coming -- a nobler life;
Coming -- a better land;
Coming -- a long, long nightless day;
Coming -- the grand, grand
Chorus!




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