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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF MAELDUIN, by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: There are veils that lift, there are bars that fall Last Line: Good-bye--good-bye--good-bye! Alternate Author Name(s): Rolleston, T. W. | |||
There are veils that lift, there are bars that fall, There are lights that beacon, and winds that call-- Good-bye! There are hurrying feet, and we dare not wait, For the hour is on us--the hour of Fate, The circling hour of the flaming gate-- Good-bye--good-bye--good-bye! Fair, fair they shine through the burning zone-- The rainbow gleams of a world unknown; Good-bye! And oh! to follow, to seek, to dare, When, step by step, in the evening air Floats down to meet us the cloudy stair! Good-bye--good-bye--good-bye! The cloudy stair of the Brig o' Dread Is the dizzy path that our feet must tread-- Good-bye! O children of time--O Nights and Days, That gather and wonder and stand and gaze, And wheeling stars in your lonely ways, Good-bye--good-bye--good-bye! The music calls and the gates unclose, Onward and onward the wild way goes-- Good-bye! We die in the bliss of a great new birth, O fading phantoms of pain and mirth, O fading loves of the old green earth-- Good-bye--good-bye--good-bye! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHANNON AT FOYNES by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON MAY DAY by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON MAY DAY by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON NIGHT by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON NIGHT by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON NOON-DAY by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON NOON-DAY by THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON THE WITCH by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE |
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