The poem's speaker reflects on their life, describing a long period of darkness and struggle that has finally given way to a triumphant dawn. The "splendour" of someone else's light has illuminated the speaker's life, and they have worn this person's "colours" through a long and difficult fight. Now, the speaker is surrendering, yielding their life and the colours to the darkness of night.
By Edith Nesbit · First published 1909 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Adventure, War