NIGHT above and night below— Into the night you saw me go With the midnight of my woe. Had I never sought your side, You had never wrung my pride; Then my faith had never died. I was mad to think you dear— Madder far to kiss the spear— Maddest, that I lingered here. Welcome back, good pilgrim staff! Truth is wind, and Love is chaff— Both are winnowed by a laugh. Hola ho! I will depart, Though seditious tear-drops start— Though each footfall stabs my heart! Sink or swim I'll tempt the stream, In your eye's repellent beam Tombing what I dared to dream. Day above and day below— Into the day you'll see me go, With the daybreak-stars—heigho. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS CORRYMEELA by NESTA HIGGINSON SKRINE THE GLORIOUS TOUCHDOWN by GEORGE ADE THE LAST LANDLORD by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN THE ROSE I GREW by JULIA S. ANDERSON |