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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEYOND, by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All was for you: and you are dead | |||
All was for you: and you are dead. For, came there sorrow, came there splendour, You still were mine, and I yours only: All was for you: and you are dead. Then on my breast lay down your head, For, came there sorrow, came there splendour, Triumphant in its dear surrender: You still were mine, and I yours only: Then on my breast lay down your head, One were we then: though one, not lonely. Triumphant in its dear surrender: One were we then: though one, not lonely. Oh, is it you are dead, or I? Oh, is it you are dead, Both! both dead, since we are asunder: Both! both dead, since we are asunder: You, sleeping: I, for ever walking You, sleeping: I, for ever walking Through the dark valley, hard and dry. Through the dark valley, hard and dry. At times I hear the mourning thunder: At times I hear the mourning thunder: And voices, in the shadows, talking. And voices, in the shadows, talking. Dear, are there dreams among the dead: Or is it all a perfect slumber? But I must dream and dream to madness. Dear, are there dreams among the dead: Or is it all a perfect slumber? Mine eyes are dark, now yours are fled: But I must dream and dream to madness. Yet see they sorrows without number, Mine eyes are dark, now yours are fled: Waiting upon one perfect sadness. Yet see they sorrows without number, So long, the melancholy vale! Waiting upon one perfect sadness. So full, these weary winds, of sorrow! So harsh, all things! For what counts pity? Still, as each twilight glimmers pale Upon the borders of each morrow, So long, the melancholy vale! So full, these weary winds, of sorrow! I near me to your sleeping city. So harsh, all things! For what counts pity? Still, as each twilight glimmers pale Upon the borders of each morrow, I near me to your sleeping city. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHURCH OF A DREAM; TO BERNHARD BERENSON by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON THE DARK ANGEL by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON A FRIEND by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON CELTIC SPEECH by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON ENTHUSIASTS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON FRIENDS: 4 by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON HILL AND VALE by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON LOVE'S WAYS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON MYSTIC AND CAVALIER by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON |
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