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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN HE RETURNS, by BEATRICE M. CHACE
First Line: In two months more he will come back to me
Last Line: That since a year ago I have been blind.
First Line: In two months more he will come back to me
Last Line: That since a year ago I have been blind.
In two months more he will come back to me,
But now I think of precious moments spent,
That last fleet evening passing silently,
How quietly and rapidly it went;
The sky was dipped with hot volcano fire,
The tumbling roofs still knelt like priests at prayers,
Resembling citadels of aged Tyre,
The grass beneath us green as new-formed pears;
Each gold-touched tree-branch drawn against the sky
Was God's own portrait etched in dark and light,
Fulfilling in each dainty bough just why
There is an endless beauty in our sight;
In two months more he will come back and find
That since a year ago I have been blind.
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