Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TOMORROW, by ANONYMOUS


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TOMORROW, by                    
First Line: "the setting sun, with dying beams"
Last Line: "for shall we ever meet or no, / tomorrow?"
Subject(s): Day;morning


THE setting sun, with dying beams,
Had waked the purple hill to fire,
And citadel and dome and spire
Were gilded by the far-off gleams;
And in and out dark pine-trees crept
Full many a slender thread of gold;
Gold shafts athwart the river swept,
And kissed it as it onward rolled:
And sunlight lingered, loath to go;
Ah, well! it causeth sorrow
To part from those we love below;
And yet the sun as bright shall glow
To-morrow.

Two hearts have met to say farewell
At even when the sun went down;
Each life-sound from the busy town
Smote sadly as a passing bell.
One whispered, "Parting is sweet pain --
At morn and eve returns the tide;"
"Nay, parting rends the heart in twain."
And still they linger side by side;
And still they linger, loath to go;
Ah, well! it causeth sorrow
To part from those we love below --
For shall we ever meet or no,
To-morrow?





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