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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF MAELDUIN, by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: There are veils that lift, there are bars that fall Last Line: Good-bye--good-bye--good-bye! Alternate Author Name(s): Rolleston, T. W. | |||
There are veils that lift, there are bars that fall, There are lights that beacon, and winds that call-- Good-bye! There are hurrying feet, and we dare not wait, For the hour is on us--the hour of Fate, The circling hour of the flaming gate-- Good-bye--good-bye--good-bye! Fair, fair they shine through the burning zone-- The rainbow gleams of a world unknown; Good-bye! And oh! to follow, to seek, to dare, When, step by step, in the evening air Floats down to meet us the cloudy stair! Good-bye--good-bye--good-bye! The cloudy stair of the Brig o' Dread Is the dizzy path that our feet must tread-- Good-bye! O children of time--O Nights and Days, That gather and wonder and stand and gaze, And wheeling stars in your lonely ways, Good-bye--good-bye--good-bye! The music calls and the gates unclose, Onward and onward the wild way goes-- Good-bye! We die in the bliss of a great new birth, O fading phantoms of pain and mirth, O fading loves of the old green earth-- Good-bye--good-bye--good-bye! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHANNON AT FOYNES by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON MAY DAY by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON NIGHT by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON NOON-DAY by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON MAY DAY by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON NIGHT by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON NOON-DAY by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON BUCOLIC COMEDY: SERENADE by EDITH SITWELL CONTEMPLATIONS by ANNE BRADSTREET ASSUNPINK AND PRINCETON [JANUARY 3, 1777] by THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH |
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