Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT PARTING, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE First Line: She caught my eyes and held them with her own Last Line: Yet from my pisgah I had view'd her soul! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Farewell; Parting | ||||||||
SHE caught my eyes and held them with her own: There might I read what speech would not betray, What human lips could never yet convey The language that the heart must speak alone. In that brief moment was her spirit known: All the fierce doubts of many an anguish'd day, Pure from that radiance, pass'd in light away; Love robed and crown'd was to full stature grown! Bravely she faced me in that mute farewell, Proudly, yet pale, with virginal control, One look that made my heart's blood surge and swell, And then again sweet mastery of the whole. Unalterable loveah, who can tell? Yet from my Pisgah I had view'd her soul! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L. by JUNE JORDAN WATCHING THE NEEDLEBOATS AT SAN SABBA by JAMES JOYCE SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES A DULL DAY IN SEPTEMBER by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE |
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