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Meeting at Night

by Robert Browning (1812 – 1889)

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.

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 blue spurt of a lighted match,

And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears,

Than the two hearts beating each to each!

Parting at Morning

by Robert Browning (1812 – 1889)

Round the cape of a sudden came the sea,

And the sun look'd over the mountain's rim:

And straight was a path of gold for him,

And the need of a world of men for me.

First aired: 25 September 2007

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