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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PARTING, by ROBERT FROST Poet's Biography
First Line: I dreamed the setting sun would rise no more
Last Line: With longing deep as everlasting night.
Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: I dreamed the setting sun would rise no more
Last Line: With longing deep as everlasting night.
Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness
I dreamed the setting sun would rise no more.
My spirit fled; nor sought an aimless sun
Whirled madly on through pathless space, and free
Amid a world of worlds enthralled. Ah no!
But deep within a silent solitude
It lingered on. The twilight waned; across
The hills and dark'ning sky the west wind stole,
And broad-cast spread the sun-path gathered gold,
Undying memories of the hopeless dead.
The dew of sadness fell, and far into
The coming night of storm and calm I gazed.
Oh, sadness, who may tell what joy is thine?
A whisper breathed: "What lies unvoiced on earth
Is heaven sung." And gloom crept softly down
With longing deep as everlasting night.
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