Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MODERN LOVE: 47, by GEORGE MEREDITH



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First Line: We saw the swallows gathering in the sky
Last Line: The swan sail with her young beneath her wings.
Variant Title(s): "one Twilight Hour;""we Saw The Swallows Gathering In The Sky"";
Subject(s): Love


We saw the swallows gathering in the sky,
And in the osier-isle we heard them noise.
We had not to look back on summer joys,
Or forward to a summer of bright dye:
But in the largeness of the evening earth
Our spirits grew as we went side by side.
The hour became her husband and my bride.
Love, that had robbed us so, thus blessed our dearth!
The pilgrims of the year waxed very loud
In multitudinous chatterings, as the flood
Full brown came from the West, and like pale blood
Expanded to the upper crimson cloud.
Love, that had robbed us of immortal things,
This little moment mercifully gave,
Where I have seen across the twilight wave
The swan sail with her young beneath her wings.





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