NIGHT above and night below— Into the night you saw me go With the midnight of my woe. Had I never sought your side, You had never wrung my pride; Then my faith had never died. I was mad to think you dear— Madder far to kiss the spear— Maddest, that I lingered here. Welcome back, good pilgrim staff! Truth is wind, and Love is chaff— Both are winnowed by a laugh. Hola ho! I will depart, Though seditious tear-drops start— Though each footfall stabs my heart! Sink or swim I'll tempt the stream, In your eye's repellent beam Tombing what I dared to dream. Day above and day below— Into the day you'll see me go, With the daybreak-stars—heigho. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 77. SOUL'S BEAUTY by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI REJECTED ADDRESSES: THE BABY'S DEBUT, BY W. W. by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839) THE LETTER; EDWARD ROWLAND SILL, DIED FEBRUARY 27, 1887 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE VOICE IN THE GLOAMING by WILLIAM ALLAN EJACULATORY PRAYER by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS |