Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIGHT AND DARKNESS (2), by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Though I sit brooding here, with my eyes closed Last Line: To see her body in the light at all. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Absence; Love; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
Though I sit brooding here, with my eyes closed, Yet have I seen the light go suddenly; Though I had shut them fast, to see no light, A sudden wave of darkness, without warning, Broke on their trembling lids, and forced my sight. So when my Love has gone out quietly, And left me here alone, all lost in dreams, I see the shadow of her absence fall Across my vision, that had been too blind To see her body in the light at all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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