Poetry as titles, part two

Okay, I looked through a whole lot of poetry written by people who died more than a hundred years ago, with an eye to shortish phrases that might work as book titles. I was trying to find three phrases per poem, preferably from poems with topics that are somewhat consonant with the actual stories. Quite a challenge!

See what you think of the following, and if I’m persuaded that none of these sets of phrases would work, I will give up on poetry and come up with a completely different idea.

From “A Nocturnal Upon Saint Lucy’s Day” by John Donne

The Year’s MidnightOf Absence, DarknessAs Shadow, a Light

From “The Vanity of Human Wishes” by Samuel Johnson

Time Hovers O’erSuch Age There IsAs the Day Returns

From “The Eternal Gates” by William Blake

The Eternal GatesA Land of SorrowsThro’ Valleys Dark

From “The Seasons” by Swinburne

For Winter’s RainsThe Light that LosesAnd Time Remembered

I’ve always liked Swinburne, I must say.

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