Meeting at Night & Parting at Morning by Robert Browning
Browning read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\n\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\n\n---------------------------------------------------\n\nMeeting at Night \nby Robert Browning (1812 \u2013 1889)\n \nThe grey sea and the long black land; \nAnd the yellow half-moon large and low; \nAnd the startled little waves that leap \nIn fiery ringlets from their sleep, \nAs I gain the cove with pushing prow, \nAnd quench its speed i' the slushy sand. \n \nThen a mile of warm sea-scented beach; \nThree fields to cross till a farm appears; \nA tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch \nAnd blue spurt of a lighted match, \nAnd a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears, \nThan the two hearts beating each to each! \n\nParting at Morning \nby Robert Browning (1812 \u2013 1889)\n\nRound the cape of a sudden came the sea, \nAnd the sun look'd over the mountain's rim: \nAnd straight was a path of gold for him, \nAnd the need of a world of men for me.