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Amy Lowell
A Little Song
Poem by Amy Lowell
When you, my Dear, are away, away,
How wearily goes the creeping day.
A year drags after morning, and night
Starts another year of candle light.
O Pausing Sun and Lingering Moon!
Grant me, I beg of you, this boon.
Whirl round the earth as never sun
Has his diurnal journey run.
And, Moon, slip past the ladders of air
In a single flash, while your streaming hair
Catches the stars and pulls them down
To shine on some slumbering Chinese town.
O Kindly Sun! Understanding Moon!
Bring evening to crowd the footsteps of noon.
But when that long awaited day
Hangs ripe in the heavens, your voyaging stay.
Be morning, O Sun! with the lark in song,
Be afternoon for ages long.
And, Moon, let you and your lesser lights
Watch over a century of nights.
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The longing for the dear one prolongs the passing of time. A beautifully conceived sweet little song well deserving classic poem of the day.(Report)Reply
Wow! I love it! Amy it creates imaginative emotions of longing. Lovely!(Report)Reply
WOnderful poem with fantastic line: And, Moon, let you and your lesser lights
Watch over a century of nights.(Report)Reply
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The poem is really fascinating and as far as it rhyme scheme is concerned that is superb. Thanks for sharing such piece of literature.(Report)Reply
Moon, slip past the ladders of air
In a single flash, while your streaming hair
Catches the stars and pulls them down
To shine on some slumbering Chinese town.
Very good poem. tony(Report)Reply
let you and your lesser lights
Watch over a century of nights.(Report)Reply
A little song that is a sweet song!(Report)Reply
Footsteps. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.(Report)Reply
Has gone through the poem umpteen times and still feels fresh! Thanks for sharing.(Report)Reply
A beautiful poem
'But when that long awaited day
Hangs ripe in the heavens, your voyaging stay.'
is a very nice quote.
Thanks for sharing and congrats.(Report)Reply
a poem full of wishful thoughts.(Report)Reply
A well written poem. Thanks for sharing.(Report)Reply
Thank you so much for posting this poem....(Report)Reply