The Evening Darkens over
The Evening Darkens over
Original Text
Poetical Works of Robert Bridges with The Testament of Beauty
but excluding the eight drama, 2nd edn. (London: Geoffrey Cumberlege,
Oxford University Press, 1953): 279-80.
1The evening darkens over
2After a day so bright
3The windcapt waves discover
4That wild will be the night.
5There's sound of distant thunder.
6The latest sea-birds hover
7Along the cliff's sheer height;
8As in the memory wander
9Last flutterings of delight,
10White wings lost on the white.
11There's not a ship in sight;
12And as the sun goes under
13Thick clouds conspire to cover
14The moon that should rise yonder.
15Thou art alone, fond lover.
Publication Start Year
1890
Publication Notes
Shorter Poems, Book III
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2003
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