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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENCE, by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY Poet's Biography First Line: When wanes the garish light of day, and stilly night comes on Last Line: So is thy presence to my heart, so dear art thou to me! Subject(s): Absence; Farewell; Friendship; Love; Memory; Separation; Isolation; Parting | |||
WHEN wanes the garish light of day, and stilly night comes on, And forth in Heaven's quiet blue the stars peep one by one, I think of Friendship's blighted wreath, love's blossoms all laid low, Those hours of sunshine, oh, how brief, how long this night of woe. Ah, then does sadness swell my heart, and loneliness more drear, 'Mid well known scenes where thou hast been, and thou no longer here. Now from the bosom of the earth, come fair and fresh Spring-flowers, Frail as the joys which had their birth in other, happier hours; Though Spring is here all loveliness, she brings no joy to me, How can this heart know happiness when parted thus from thee? As the streamlet to the flowers that on its border grow, As to the spring the song of birds upon the bending bough, As music on the waters, as a white sail on the sea, So is thy presence to my heart, so dear art thou to me! | 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 AN HOUR WITH FANCY by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY ASPIRATIONS TO THE INFINITE; ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY |
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