Meeting at Night & Parting at Morning by Robert Browning

Published: Sept. 25, 2007, 9:20 a.m.

b"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."