FADE fast, bright day, in the rich west, And leave the sky to slumbrous night; For I am fevered with unrest, Weary with fulness of delight. Pass through the gold and ruby bars, Die on thy purple bed of state, Die, ere the stray impatient stars Wake all their host to mock thy fate. Press thy last kiss on the hill crest, Fade in the arms of eve, and die Mid the wild splendour of the west, And let the dusk night dim the sky. Haste and bring rest, soft, slumbrous night, And bring more near the glad sunrise, That gives me back the new delight Of looking into love-filled eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MATRES DOLOROSAE by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES ESCAPE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO MY MOTHER SLEEPING by MARY RUSSELL MITFORD MR. BARNEY MAGUIRE'S ACCOUNT OF THE CORONATION by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM ALEXANDER VI DINES WITH THE CARDINAL OF CAPUA by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET JERUSALEM by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |