Parting—and After Robert L. McKeown McKeown, Robert L. G. G. G. Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team Kailey Fukushima University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project Victoria, BC, Canada

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 Poem included in Chambers’s 1900 Christmas Number, which is unnumbered but falls between issue 155 and 157. In the Chambers’s issue for October 1900, the Christmas number is announced as Ready December 1, 1900, which is taken as the publication date (SP). Poet attribution: Chambers’s Journal ledger lists the author as R. L. McKeown (NLS Dep 341/371) (AC). Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal 6 3 156 Christmas issue 52 The moonlight once again is here, text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 120%; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; word-spacing: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-left: -2rem; margin-left: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25em; word-spacing: 0.1em; margin-bottom: 0rem !important; margin-left: 1rem; text-align: right; margin-right: 16rem; word-spacing: 0.2em; margin-left: -0.1rem; width: 43%; margin-left: 9rem; margin-top: -0.5rem; margin-bottom: -0.5rem; display: none; display: inline; display: block; width: 50%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; font-size: 1rem; width: 48em; Auto-tagged instances of cross-stanza rhyme based on existing labels. Column work. CSS remediation, verified. Created pom_12476_incid_poem rendition to reset font-sizes. Added useful rendition elements in anticipation of CSS reworking. Added illustrationPlacementInsetBelowTailpiece(...) catRef. Marking specific renditions as incidental. Handle cases of incidental titles, where head elements have child elements with style attributes. Modified figDesc based off of suggested language. Re-organized change elements in descending date order. Added @rhyme to poem div. Set status to 'proofed'. Changed rhyme labels to account repeating rhymes.
Parting—and After . The moonlight once again is here, The moving months with joy I see ; The passing weeks are bringing near The time when Norah comes to me. The precious moments quickly flew, And fast the final hour drew nigh When I to home must bid adieu, And to my sweetheart say good-bye. A ling’ring kiss, a long embrace, Low words, a last fond look, a prayer ; Then growing distance dimmed her face : Parted ? I hardly knew we were. To her my heart has ever turned For since that separation-day, When flying train and fleeting ship Bore me so fast and far away. The skies were dull, the trees were bare, And autumn winds with winter blew ; I left her in the city there, Silent and sad and tearful too, Because an anxious, doubtful year, By weary waiting longer made, Loomed up between her love and her, And made her maiden heart afraid. With holy joy and deep delight We hail the coming of the time When sundered hearts shall reunite, And she for ever shall be mine. G. G. G.
Symmetrical tailpiece with decorative curls and stylized fleurons spread throughout. 1/32 page.