Robert Seymour Bridges, OM (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was Britain's poet laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is the author of many well-known hymns. It was through Bridges’ efforts that Gerard Manley Hopkins achieved posthumous fame.
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"The Evening Darkens Over"
The evening darkens over
After a day so bright,
The windcapt waves discover
That wild will be the night.
There's sound of distant thunder.
The latest sea-birds hover
Along the cliff's sheer height;
As in the memory wander
Last flutterings of delight,
White wings lost on the white.
There's not a ship in sight;
And as the sun goes under,
Thick clouds conspire to cover
The moon that should rise yonder.
Thou art alone, fond lover.
He was best known for the reviews which for many years he contributed to Life over the signature “Droch.” He also wrote poems and three prose volumes: Overheard in Arcady (1894), Suppressed Chapters and Other Bookishness (1895) and The Roosevelt Book (1904). His poems were collected in 1902 under the title Bramble Brae.
"When first we met we did not guess that Love would prove so hard a master."
"So sweet love seemed that April morn. When first we kissed beside the thorn, So strangely sweet, it was not strange We thought that love could never change."
"When men were all asleep the snow came flying, / In large white flakes falling on the city brown, / Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying, / Hushing the latest traffic of the drowsy town."
"The day begins to droop, - / Its course is done: / But nothing tells the place / Of the setting sun."
"The south-wind strengthens to a gale, / Across the moon the clouds fly fast, / The house is smitten as with a flail, / The chimney shudders to the blast."
"The hill pines were sighing, / O'ercast and chill was the day: / A mist in the valley lying / Blotted the pleasant May."
"When Death to either shall come -- I pray it be first to me."
"Spring goeth all in white, / Crowned with milk-white may: / In fleecy flocks of light / O'er heaven the white clouds stray."
"Wherefore to-night so full of care, / My soul, revolving hopeless strife?"
"I will not let thee go. / Had not the great sun seen, I might; / Or were he reckoned slow / To bring the false to light, / Then might I let thee go."
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21 Dec 2024