Time & Brevity
Day
From Vane's Story, Weddah and Om-el-Bonain, and Other Poems (1881)
Time & Brevity
Waking one morning
In a pleasant land,
By a river flowing
Over golden sand : —
Whence flow ye, waters,
O'er your golden sand ?
We come flowing
From the Silent Land.
Whither flow ye, waters,
O'er your golden sand ?
We go flowing
To the Silent Land.
And what is this fair realm ?
A grain of golden sand
In the great darkness
Of the Silent Land.
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Codex Note
Dated 1866 in the volume.
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James Thomson (B.V.). “Day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/thomson_bv/34/.
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James Thomson (B.V.). “Day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/thomson_bv/34/.
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