Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. V. Browning to Rupert Brooke
Philip Bourke Marston (18501887)From Far
“O L
Thou wentest yesterday—
Dear Love, come back!”
Be silent, hearts that yearn
Upon my track.”
If thou indeed be gone
Where lost things are.”
As from Ghost-land, my voice
Is borne afar.”
Forsaken thus by thee?
So hard a lot!”
My lips of fire—and yet,
Ye knew me not.”
Did we not breathe and move
Within thy light?”
Now darkness closes
Upon your sight.”
We loved thee, Love, so well!
Come back to us.”
That I went yesterday,
Shall I come thus?”
With many a kiss and song,
Has taken wing.
He heeds not our desire,
Or songs we sing.”