Sunset

Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)



WHAT horror lurked within the First Man's brain
 As downward to the West the Sun-god stepped,
 And paused upon the hill-ridge, ere he leapt
 Headlong into the night! What cold, dumb pain
 He felt, as still he marked the twilight wane,
 And on the dragon Darkness crept and crept,
 While beating in his mind the question kept,
 “Is this Earth's all? Can Day e'er come again?”  
  And yet, last night, one watched with listless eyes
 The stricken Sun-god struggling in his gore,
 With wasting red bedabbled, unto whom
 Life's joyous sun shall nevermore uprise:
 His dream of light has faded, gloried o'er;
 His night has come—a night of endless gloom.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABBAABBCDEFDGF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 662
Words 113
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Arthur Henry Adams

Arthur Henry Adams was a journalist and author. He started his career in New Zealand, though he spent most of it in Australia, and for a short time lived in China and London.  more…

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