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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VAIN WAITING, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The western sky has begun to darken
Last Line: And flings me never a word or a sign.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Waiting
First Line: The western sky has begun to darken
Last Line: And flings me never a word or a sign.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Waiting
THE western sky has begun to darken,
The sun has set, and the wind is low;
And waiting alone I sit and hearken
As I used to hearken, ages ago,
For a voice that now the winds know only --
The winds, and the stars, and the vacant night --
A presence that vanished and left me lonely,
Reft of all that was heart's delight.
I wait and listen -- no step draws nigh me;
Full your world is -- empty is mine;
Only the mocking wind sweeps by me,
And flings me never a word or a sign.
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