Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT A GATE ON THE HILL, by JOHN LAURENCE RENTOUL Poet's Biography First Line: At a gate on the hill in the parting hour Last Line: "in a deathless tryst with thee!" Alternate Author Name(s): Gage, Gervais Subject(s): Love - Nature Of; Memory | ||||||||
I AT a gate on the hill in the parting hour, When the wind blew soft on the sea, He laid in the maiden's hand a flower: "O sweet, thy pledge from me! Years shall be sped, the flower be dead, But not my love to thee; O, not my love to thee! Keep thou it still in a heart on the hill In a tender memorie!" II At a gate on the hill, in a weary hour When the rough wind vext the sea, She held in her hand the faded flower: "O sweet, my pledge from thee! The years are sped, the flower is dead, But not thy love to me, Though there come no news from the sea: It liveth still in a heart on the hill In a quenchless memorie! " III On a grave by the hill he kneltalone, The wanderer, back from the sea; He knelt alone by a white grave-stone: And, carven curiously, The scroll he read: "The flower is dead: But not thy love in me, Though thou stayest long on the sea: By a higher hill it waiteth still, At a fairer gate for thee: In a deathless tryst with thee!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE A MEMORY by JOHN LAURENCE RENTOUL A MITHER'S CRY (WRITTEN ON A SISTER'S GRAVE) by JOHN LAURENCE RENTOUL |
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