No eve of summer ever can attain
The gladness of that eve of late July,
When 'mid the roses, filled with musk and rain,
Against the wondrous topaz of the sky,
I met you, leaning on the pasture bars, -
While heaven and earth grew conscious of the stars.
No night of blackest winter can repeat
The bitterness of that December night,
When at your gate, gray-glittering with sleet,
Within the glimmering square of window-light,
We parted, - long you clung unto my arm, -
While heaven and earth surrendered to the storm.
Contrasts
Madison Julius Cawein
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Poem topics: july, light, rain, sky, summer, winter, long, storm, december, square, repeat, window, conscious, heaven, night, earth, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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