Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO YOU, REMEMBERING THE PAST, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When we were parted, sweet, and darkness came Last Line: Lo -- you were with me in the darkened room. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Past | ||||||||
WHEN we were parted, sweet, and darkness came, I used to strike a match, and hold the flame Before your picture and would breathless mark The answering glimmer of the tiny spark That brought to life the magic of your eyes, Their wistful tenderness, their glad surprise. Holding that mimic torch before your shrine I used to light your eyes and make them mine; Watch them like stars set in a lonely sky, Whisper my heart out, yearning for reply; Summon your lips from far across the sea Bidding them live a twilight hour with me. Then, when the match was shrivelled into gloom, Lo -- you were with me in the darkened room. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FERGUS FALLING by GALWAY KINNELL A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV LAST THINGS by WILLIAM MEREDITH CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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