A wordless kiss, a stifled sigh, A trembling lip, a downcast eye, "Alas," they say, "A-day, a-day," The cruse has failed, the lamp must die! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS by GREGORY I THE BRIDE by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE TO HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; ON HIS BIRTHDAY, 27 FEB. 1867 by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL TO AN INDEPENDENT PREACHER by MATTHEW ARNOLD |