The day will dawn, when one of us shall harken In vain to hear a voice that has grown dumb, And morns will fade, noons pale, and shadows darken, While sad eyes watch for feet that never come. One of us two must sometime face existence Alone with memories that but sharpen pain. And these sweet days shall shine back in the distance, Like dreams of summer dawns, in nights of rain. One of us two, with tortured heart half broken, Shall read long-treasured letters through salt tears, Shall kiss with anguished lips each cherished token, That speaks of these love-crowned, delicious years. One of us two shall find all light, all beauty, All joy on earth, a tale forever done; Shall know henceforth that life means only duty. Oh, God! Oh, God! have pity on that one. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DREAMS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER PUTTIN' THE BABY AWAY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 109 by PETRARCH SONNET: 9. TO THE RIVER LODON by THOMAS WARTON THE YOUNGER AMY WENTWORTH; FOR WILLIAM BRADFORD by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE HEART OF THE WOMAN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SONNET TO THE KYNGE by THEODORE AGRIPPA D' AUBIGNE GLIMPSES OF CHILDHOOD: 2. IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON OSSIAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN IN 'CARTHON' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |