Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WAITING, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE


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WAITING, by                    
First Line: Again, a song! / would he be silent? Silence and doubt are wrong
Last Line: And in the cold night lies my life, under a beechen tree!
Subject(s): Happiness; Love; Singing & Singers; Waiting; Joy; Delight; Songs


AGAIN, a song!
Would he be silent? Silence and doubt are wrong.
It is not long.... No.... No, it is not long....
Even now his sturdy wings must beat toward home and me.

Oh, let me sing
As though my notes he waited, listening
Somehow amazed;—let his mate's music bring
His erring flight to yearned-for rest, unerringly!

Hark! ... 'T is not yet, ...
But I am happy; 't is not meet to fret....
Am I not happy? The sun is well-nigh set,
And soon, and soon he homes him to the old beech tree.

Yes, soon! ... Yes, soon! ...
Another ... might be ... lying dead, the wind a-croon;
Broken his wings, unheeding sun or moon....
But not my love; my strong one cometh back to me.

Dear love, do not,
(If thou art hiding near the trysting-spot)
Do not delay, though sweet the little plot! ...
I wait, and oh, sing as I may, Fear also waits for thee.

All song is done....
Shrunken to nothing is the shameful sun;
And out the stars are coming, one by one....
And in the cold night lies my life, under a beechen tree!





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