So Set Its Sun in Thee
poem 808
love
lyric poem
melancholic
intimate
So set its Sun in Thee What Day be dark to me What Distance far So I the Ships may see That touch how seldomly Thy Shore?
So Set Its Sun in Thee - meaning Summary
Longing Framed as Light
The speaker addresses a beloved as a sustaining source of light and orientation. If that person "sets its Sun in Thee," then days and distances lose their force; darkness and separation matter only insofar as they still permit glimpses of the beloved. The image of ships and a distant shore frames yearning and dependence: presence, even occasional, makes all absence bearable and meaningful.
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