Meeting at Night
Meeting at Night
Original Text
Robert Browning, Dramatic Romances and Lyrics (1845).
2And the yellow half-moon large and low;
3And the startled little waves that leap
4In fiery ringlets from their sleep,
5As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
6And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.
II
7Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;8Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
9A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch
10And blue spurt of a lighted match,
11And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears,
12Than the two hearts beating each to each!
Notes
1] First published in Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, 1845, as "I Night, II Morning," and given the present titles in 1849. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1845
RPO poem Editors
F. E. L. Priestley
RPO Edition
3RP 3.112.
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