English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 3. 27. “The Smile of Her I Love Is Like the Dawn”. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.

Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер)

The New Day. Part 3. 27. “The Smile of Her I Love Is Like the Dawn”

The smile of her I love is like the dawn
Whose touch makes Memnon sing.
O, see where wide the golden sunlight flows—
The barren desert blossoms as the rose!

The smile of her I love—when that is gone,
O'er all the world Night spreads her shadowy wing.

Richard Watson Gilder’s other poems:

1. The New Day. Part 3. 30. The Sower
2. The New Day. Part 3. 28. Francesca and Paolo
3. The New Day. Part 4. 11. “O Mighty River, Triumphing to the Sea”
4. The New Day. Part 4. 12. “My Songs Are All of Thee, What Tho’ I Sing”
5. The New Day. Part 3. Interlude

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