A POET'S NOTEBOOK

A POET'S NOTEBOOK

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A POET'S NOTEBOOK
A POET'S NOTEBOOK
Meeting at Night

Meeting at Night

Robert Browning

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Meeting at Night
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I

The grey 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,
And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.

II

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…

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