William Ernest Henley (Уильям Эрнст Хенли)

Rhymes and Rhythms. 20. The Shadow of Dawn

The shadow of Dawn;
Stillness and stars and over-mastering dreams
Of Life and Death and Sleep;
Heard over gleaming flats, the old, unchanging sound
Of the old, unchanging Sea.

My soul and yours—
O, hand in hand let us fare forth, two ghosts,
Into the ghostliness,
The infinite and abounding solitudes,
Beyond—O, beyond!—beyond . . .

Here in the porch
Upon the multitudinous silences
Of the kingdoms of the grave,
We twain are you and I—two ghosts Omnipotence
Can touch no more . . . no more!

1. Echoes. 30. Kate-a-Whimsies, John-a-Dreams
2. Echoes. 34. Life in Her Creaking Shoes
3. Echoes. 21. We Flash across the Level
4. Echoes. 14. The Wan Sun Westers, Faint and Slow
5. Rhymes and Rhythms. 13. Under a Stagnant Sky

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