Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE VAIN FAREWELL, by PAULUS SILENTIARIUS


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE VAIN FAREWELL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The last farewell is on my tongue
Last Line: My heart doth hang.
Alternate Author Name(s): Paul The Silent; Paul The Silentiary
Subject(s): Farewell; Parting


THE last farewell is on my tongue,
But fierce I draw the rein:
The word recoils as backward flung, --
And I remain.

For bitter as the stream of death
In everlasting night
Is that fell hour that sundereth
Me from thy sight.

The light of thee is like the day;
Yet daylight is but dumb,
But when thou comest in the way,
Sweet voices come: --

Tones sweeter than the Sirens' song
That on the waters rang;
And there with all its hopes in throng
My heart doth hang.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net