DEEP in the shoreward crags of earth is cleft A fissure, where the gloomy slabs of jade Gleam through the purple and blue of shadow, laid Dull lacquer on the stone. A pool is left, Blue silver frosted. But beyond the rift The hidden sea's wave symphony is played Against the deaf cliff's outer barricade, Whence to the silent gorge no echoes drift. Four earthly women, wanly celibate, Crouch at the threshold of a cavern mouth — A chasm of shadow in a chasm riven — One turning back; two mutely desolate; And one with face uplifted toward the south — Sightless before the ruddy sons of heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEHIND TIME by ALEXANDER ANDERSON HOME, SWEET HOME WITH VARIATIONS: 5. OLIVER GOLDSMITH by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER THE SURE WITNESS by ALICE CARY THE BACHELOR by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON GOLD by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE NIGHT AND A CHILD by NICK AARON FORD FABLES: 1ST SER. 2. THE SPANIEL AND THE CHAMELEON by JOHN GAY |