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THE WINDOW; OR, THE SONG OF THE WRENS: WHEN? by ALFRED TENNYSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SUN COMES, MOON COMES
Last Line: AND HONOR ALL THE DAY.

Sun comes, moon comes,
Time slips away.
Sun sets, moon sets,
Love, fix a day.

'A year hence, a year hence.'
'We shall both be gray.'
'A month hence, a month hence.'
'Far, far away.'

'A week hence, a week hence.'
'Ah, the long delay!'
'Wait a little, wait a little,
You shall fix a day.'

'To-morrow, love, to-morrow,
And that's an age away.'
Blaze upon her window, sun,
And honor all the day.



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