Poetry: The Golden Sunset : Samuel Longfellow.

poetry in design ( 15th January 2025) - ( 30th January 2025)

Aim: A poem is a piece of literature that uses a rhythmic pattern to form an expression. The aim of this project is to use a poem as a base to create a dialog between words and design. Further to make an artistic expression that narrates the poem as a visual story.

The following poem The Golden Sunset by Samuel Longfellow ( June 18, 1819 – October 3, 1892) was a notable figure in American history, recognised for his contributions to literature, theology, and education. His works often reflected deep insights into the human experience, nature and faith.

The Golden Sunset : Samuel Longfellow.

The golden sea its mirror spreads
    Beneath the golden skies,
And but a narrow strip between
    Of earth and shadow lies.

The cloud-like cliffs, the cliff-like clouds,
    Dissolved in glory, float,
And midway of the radiant floods
    Hangs silently the boat.

The sea is but another sky,
    The sky a sea as well,
And which is earth and which the heavens
    The eye can scarcely tell.

So when for me life's latest hour
    Soft passes to its end,
May glory, born of earth and heaven,
    The earth and heaven blend.

Flooded with light the spirits float,
    With silent rapture glow,
Till where earth ends and heaven begins
    The soul shall scarcely know.

The golden sea its mirror spreads
Beneath the golden skies,
And but a narrow strip between
Of earth and shadow lies.

The cloud-like cliffs, the cliff-like clouds,
Dissolved in glory, float,
And midway of the radiant floods
Hangs silently the boat.

The sea is but another sky,
The sky a sea as well,
And which is earth and which the heavens
The eye can scarcely tell.

So when for me life's latest hour
Soft passes to its end,
May glory, born of earth and heaven,
The earth and heaven blend.

Flooded with light the spirits float, with silent rapture glow,
Till where earth ends and heaven begins
The soul shall scarcely know.