Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Robert Browning. 18121889724. Meeting at Night
THE gray sea and the long black land; | |
And the yellow half-moon large and low; | |
And the startled little waves that leap | |
In fiery ringlets from their sleep, | |
As I gain the cove with pushing prow, | 5 |
And quench its speed i’ the slushy sand. | |
Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach; | |
Three fields to cross till a farm appears; | |
A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch | |
And blue spurt of a lighted match, | 10 |
And a voice less loud, thro’ its joys and fears, | |
Than the two hearts beating each to each! |