ALIGHT upon the headland, flaming far, We see thee o'er the widening waves of time, Impassioned as a palpitating star, Big with prophetic destiny sublime: A momentary flash -- a burst of song -- Then silence, and a withering blank of pain. We wait, alas! in tedious vigils long, The meteor-gleam that cometh not again! Our eyes are heavy, and our visage wan: Our breath -- a phantom of the darkness -- glides Ghostlike to swell the dismal caravan Of shadows, where thy lingering splendor hides, Till, with our tears and ineffectual sighs, We quench the spark a smouldering hope supplies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 2. HEAT by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER SONG FOR JULY 12TH, 1843 by JOHN DE JEAN FRAZER A TIME TO TALK by ROBERT FROST LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS THE HONEYSUCKLE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI TO THE REV. F.D. MAURICE by ALFRED TENNYSON LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 10. THE FAIR by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM |