Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO ONE LONG ABSENT, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY


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TO ONE LONG ABSENT, by                    
First Line: When the bridegroom comes with a surging / sound
Last Line: I run and catch hands with you?
Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips


WHEN the Bridegroom comes with a surging sound,
And the wheels of His saints are as wind on the sands;
When the hills and the valleys break forth and sing,
And the trees are clapping their hands:

When the ships of Tarshish are safely moored,
And our sons and our daughters come from afar—
When Sharon's shepherds are folding flocks,
And the myrtle displays her star:

When the warriors ride on their horses white,
And the foremost is called "the Faithful and True"—
Will He chide if, ere I embrace His feet,
I run and catch hands with you?





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