Between the Dusk of a Summer Night

William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)



Between the dusk of a summer night
    And the dawn of a summer day,
  We caught at a mood as it passed in flight,
    And we bade it stoop and stay.
  And what with the dawn of night began
    With the dusk of day was done;
  For that is the way of woman and man,
    When a hazard has made them one.
  Arc upon arc, from shade to shine,
  The World went thundering free;
And what was his errand but hers and mine --
  The lords of him, I and she?
O, it's die we must, but it's live we can,
  And the marvel of earth and sun
Is all for the joy of woman and man
  And the longing that makes them one.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 23, 2023

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Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFCDCD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 593
Words 126
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16

William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley was an English poet, critic and editor, best remembered for his 1875 poem "Invictus". more…

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