316. Meeting at Night & Parting at Morning by Robert Browning
b"R Browning read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\n http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n \\n Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n ---------------------------------------------------\\n \\n Meeting at Night\\n by Robert Browning (1812 \\u2013 1889)\\n \\n The grey sea and the long black land; \\n And the yellow half-moon large and low; \\n And the startled little waves that leap \\n In fiery ringlets from their sleep, \\n As I gain the cove with pushing prow, \\n And quench its speed i' the slushy sand. \\n \\n Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach; \\n Three fields to cross till a farm appears; \\n A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch \\n And blue spurt of a lighted match, \\n And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears, \\n Than the two hearts beating each to each! \\n \\n Parting at Morning \\n by Robert Browning (1812 \\u2013 1889)\\n \\n Round the cape of a sudden came the sea, \\n And the sun look'd over the mountain's rim: \\n And straight was a path of gold for him, \\n And the need of a world of men for me.\\n \\nFirst aired: 25 September 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"