Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINGER, O GENTLE TIME, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poet's Biography Last Line: All that I hold from thee and call my own? Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Future; Hearts; Secrets; Time | ||||||||
LINGER, O gentle Time, Linger, O radiant grace of bright To-day! Let not the hours' chime Call thee away, But linger near me still with fond delay. Linger, for thou art mine! What dearer treasures can the future hold? What sweeter flowers than thine Can she unfold? What secrets tell my heart thou hast not told? O, linger in thy flight! For shadows gather round, and should we part, A dreary, starless night May fill my heart, -- Then pause and linger yet ere thou depart. Linger, I ask no more, -- Thou art enough forever -- thou alone; What future can restore, When thou art flown, All that I hold from thee and call my own? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A DOUBTING HEART by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER |
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