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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER MANY DAYS, by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY First Line: The mist hangs round the college tower | |||
The mist hangs round the College tower, The ghostly street Is silent at this midnight hour, Save for my feet. With none to see, with none to hear, Downward I go To where, beside the rugged pier, The sea sings low. It sings a tune well loved and known In days gone by, When often here, and not alone, I watched the sky. That was a barren time at best, Its fruits were few; But fruits and flowers had keener zest And fresher hue. Life has not since been wholly vain, And now I bear Of wisdom plucked from joy and pain Some slender share. But, howsoever rich the store, I'd lay it down, To feel upon my back once more The old red gown. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BALLADE OF THE BEST PIPE by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY BREKEKEKEX KOAX KOAX by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY THE WASTED DAY by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY MOONLIGHT NORTH AND SOUTH by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY DECEMBER DAY by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY ANDREW M'CRIE by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY BANISHED BEJANT by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY MOONLIGHT NORTH AND SOUTH by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY POET'S HAT by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY TENNYSONIAN FRAGMENT by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY THE NIGHTINGALE; A CONVERSATION POEM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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