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From Yon Darkened Keep

There afar in yon darkened keep, Beyond my casement high, Stands the stone of an angel lost That yet earthly lingers nigh. The wind blows and the mist flows From the graven chill, And thus upon she wanders forth, For she loves me still. O’ to sorrow, to journey forth, Hath become her spirit’s end; To breach amid the nightly mist And carry upon the wind! The moon glows and time slows, As she wanders from the nil; Thus many years she’s borne upon, For she loves me still. My one true love grieves in death, Thus she doth not sleep, As yet she treks her earthly course From yon darkened keep. As the wind blows, the mist flows, Forever and ever ‘til, And thereupon she’ll wander forth, For she loves me still.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 12/19/2015 11:20:00 PM
Written as if from 100 years ago... my kind of poem! (My favorites are W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats and Dylan Thomas.) I have to confess an affection for Irish writers which is why I'm on your page right now! Superbly written yet again...three 8-line verses with fine rhyming and flow. Well done Robert! Best wishes, Keith
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R. L. Mccallum
Date: 12/26/2015 4:31:00 PM
Thanks Keith! Keep up the flow of your great works as well.

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