Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESOLATE, by GERALD MASSEY Poet's Biography First Line: The day goes down red darkling Last Line: I sit in my darkness and tears. Alternate Author Name(s): Bandiera Subject(s): Desolation | ||||||||
The Day goes down red darkling, The moaning waves dash out the light, And there is not a star of hope sparkling On the threshold of my night. Wild winds of Autumn go wailing Up the valley and over the hill, Like yearning Ghosts round the world sailing, In search of the old love still. A fathomless sea is rolling O'er the wreck of the bravest bark; And my pain-muffled heart is tolling, Its dumb-peal down in the dark. The waves of a mighty sorrow Have whelmed the pearl of my life: And there cometh to me no morrow Shall solace this desolate strife. Gone are the last faint flashes, Set is the sun of my years; And over a few poor ashes I sit in my darkness and tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FACING INTO IT; FOR LARRY LEVIS by ELEANOR WILNER AT DAYBREAK by ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI REMEMBRANCE by EMILY JANE BRONTE THE HOUSE ON THE HILL by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON IL PLEUT DOUCEMENT SUR LA VILLE by PAUL VERLAINE DOOMSDAY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEAD JOYS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A REMEMBRANCE by GERALD MASSEY |
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