The shadow of Dawn;
Stillness and stars and over-mastering dreams
Of Life and Death and Sleep;
Heard over gleaming flats, the old, unchanging sound
Of the old, unchanging Sea.
My soul and yours-
O, hand in hand let us fare forth, two ghosts,
Into the ghostliness,
The infinite and abounding solitudes,
Beyond-O, beyond!-beyond . . .
Here in the porch
Upon the multitudinous silences
Of the kingdoms of the grave,
We twain are you and I-two ghosts Omnipotence
Can touch no more . . . no more!
The Shadow Of Dawn
William Ernest Henley
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Poem topics: death, life, sea, sleep, soul, shadow, touch, infinite, grave, sound, dawn, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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