WESTWARD the sun sinks, grave and glad; but far Eastward, with laughter and tempestuous tears, Cloud, rain, and splendour as of orient spears, Keen as the sea's thrill toward a kindling star, The sundawn breaks the barren twilight's bar And fires the mist and slays it. Years on years Vanish, but he that hearkens eastward hears Bright music from the world where shadows are. Where shadows are not shadows. Hand in hand A man's word bids them rise and smile and stand And triumph. All that glorious orient glows Defiant of the dusk. Our twilight land Trembles; but all the heaven is all one rose, Whence laughing love dissolves her frosts and snows. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN INVITE TO ETERNITY by JOHN CLARE EPIGRAM: 118. ON GUT by BEN JONSON THE WIND AND THE MOON by GEORGE MACDONALD THE DEAMON LOVER by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 93. AL-NOOR by EDWIN ARNOLD WARPED FLOWER by SHEILA BARBOUR THE LAST MAN: LIFE A GLASS WINDOW by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |