The Ring of Amethyst

Chapter 37: “THE EAGER SUN COMES GLADLY FROM THE SEA.”

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A collection of lyric poems that moves between intimate reflections on love, longing, and domestic feeling and wider meditations on faith, doubt, memory, and artistic purpose. Short, varied pieces contrast joy and pain, sometimes adopting persona or dedicatory addresses and sometimes using nature and classical imagery to frame emotional states. The overall tone balances tender sincerity with contemplative restraint, turning commonplace moments and moral concerns into compact, image-driven meditations on the inner life.

“THE EAGER SUN COMES GLADLY FROM THE SEA.”

The eager sun comes gladly from the sea;

Remembering that one short year ago

He rose from unknown worlds of light below

Those same far waves, to shine on you and me

Standing together on the shore;—but we

Are strangely far apart to-day; and so

The saddened sun with lingering step and slow

Climbs the horizon, wondering not to see

Your face beside mine; nor can understand

As we do, dear, that you and I to-day,—

Though million miles of ocean or of land

And centuries of time between us lay,—

Are nearer to each other than when hand

Touched hand, before we gave our hearts away!