The Mind
In the Dusk
From Songs of Peace (1917)
Day hangs its light between two dusks, my heart,
Always beyond the dark there is the blue.
Sometime we'll leave the dark, myself and you,
And revel in the light for evermore.
But the deep pain of you is aching smart,
And a long calling weighs upon you sore.
Day hangs its light between two dusks, and song
Is there at the beginning and the end.
You, in the singing dusk, how could you wend
The songless way Contentment fleetly wings?
But in the dark your beauty shall be strong,
Tho' only one should listen how it sings.
Codex Note
'Day hangs its light between two dusks, my heart; always beyond the dark there is the blue.' A short poem of consolation, that in the dark the heart's beauty shall be strong.
Cite this poem
MLA
Ledwidge, Francis. “In the Dusk.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ledwidge/13/.
Chicago
Ledwidge, Francis. “In the Dusk.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ledwidge/13/.
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