 | The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder |  |
MERIDIAN
Henceforth before these feet
Sinks the downward way;
A little while to greet
The light and life of day,
Then night's slow fall
Ends all.
Sinks the downward way;
A little while to greet
The light and life of day,
Then night's slow fall
Ends all.
Now forward, heart elate,
Tho' steep the pathway slope.
Time yet for love and hate,
Joy, and joy's comrade, hope,
Ere night's slow fall
Ends all.
Tho' steep the pathway slope.
Time yet for love and hate,
Joy, and joy's comrade, hope,
Ere night's slow fall
Ends all.
Still the warm sky is blue,
No fleck the sunlight mars;
'Twixt hills the sea gleams through;
With twilight come the stars;
And night's slow fall
Ends all.
No fleck the sunlight mars;
'Twixt hills the sea gleams through;
With twilight come the stars;
And night's slow fall
Ends all.
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In the cool-breathing night
The starry sky is deep.
Still on through glimmering light
Till we lie down to sleep;
Then let night's fall
End all.
The starry sky is deep.
Still on through glimmering light
Till we lie down to sleep;
Then let night's fall
End all.
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