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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE DARK, by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON First Line: The fields were silent, and the woodland drear Last Line: My steps can lose the way. Alternate Author Name(s): Potter, Mrs. | |||
THE fields were silent, and the woodland drear, The moon had set, and clouds hid all the stars; And blindly, when a footfall met my ear, I reached across the bars. And swift as thought this hand was clasped in thine, Though darkness hung around us and above; Not guided by uncertain fate to mine, But by the law of love. I know not which of us may first go hence And leave the other to be brave alone, Unable to dispel the shadows dense That veil the life unknown; But if I linger last, and stretch once more A longing hand when fades this earthly day, Again it will be grasped by thine, before My steps can lose the way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GHOST-FLOWERS (MONOTROPA UNIFLORA) by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON HOUSED by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON INHERITANCE by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON REPRIEVE by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON ETERNITY BLUES by HAYDEN CARRUTH DON JUAN: DEDICATION [OR, INVOCATION] by GEORGE GORDON BYRON MY LADY'S PLEASURE by ROBERT GRAHAM HAUNTED HOUSES by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW GLOUCESTER MOORS by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY EPITAPH INTENDED FOR SIR ISAAC NEWTON, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALEXANDER POPE |
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