Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PARTING-GATE, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: In that old beech-walk, now bestrewn with mast Last Line: Through all that sweet, forsaken, forest-mile! Subject(s): Farewell; Parting | ||||||||
In that old beech-walk, now bestrewn with mast, And roaring loud - they lingered long and late; Harsh was the clang of the last homeward gate That latch'd itself behind them, as they pass'd - Then kissed and parted. Soon her funeral knell Tolled from a foreign clime; he did not talk Nor weep, but shuddered at that stern farewell; 'Twas the last gate in all their lovers'-walk Without the kiss beyond it! Was it good To leave him thus, alone with his sad mood, In that dear footpath, haunted by her smile? Where they had laughed and loitered, sat and stood? Alone in life! alone in Moreham wood! Through all that sweet, forsaken, forest-mile! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L. by JUNE JORDAN WATCHING THE NEEDLEBOATS AT SAN SABBA by JAMES JOYCE SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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