Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A LOVER'S DIARY: SONNET. ENVOY, by HORATIO GILBERT PARKER


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A LOVER'S DIARY: SONNET. ENVOY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When you and I have play'd the little hour
Last Line: Of joy, and then our infinite alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Parker, Gilbert
Variant Title(s): Reunited
Subject(s): Diaries; Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


WHEN you and I have play'd the little hour,
Have seen the tall subaltern Life to Death
Yield up his sword; and, smiling, draw the breath,
The first long breath of freedom; when the flower
Of Recompense hath flutter'd to our feet,
As to an actor's; and, the curtain down,
We turn to face each other all alone --
Alone, we two, who never yet did meet,
Alone, and absolute, and free: O then,
O then, most dear, how shall be told the tale?
Clasp'd hands, press'd lips, and so clasp'd hands again;
No words. But as the proud wind fills the sail,
My love to yours shall reach, then one deep moan
Of joy, and then our infinite Alone.





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