She says, "The cock crows, -- hark!" He says, "No! still 't is dark." She says, "The dawn grows bright," He says, "O no, my Light." She says, "Stand up and say, Gets not the heaven gray?" He says, "The morning star Climbs the horizon's bar." She says, "Then quick depart: Alas! you now must start; But give the cock a blow Who did begin our woe!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARJORIE'S WOOING by EMMA LAZARUS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: YEE BOW by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 8 by EZRA POUND TWO FUNERALS: 2. by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE SOUTH COUNTRY by HILAIRE BELLOC DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER [SEPTEMBER 1, 1862] by GEORGE HENRY BOKER |