I think especially the last stanza is very explicit, the "waking hours" (the life) is spent pining away in "cold sunlight" (The sun, symbol of life and joy, is actually cold and bleak). This applies to the seemingly endless succession of days.
The protagonist walks through the moors, an area that is hard to walk through, full of darkness and mist (also mystery, but i think this isn't that relevant here). This way, he/she forces "the past away". The hint "What have i for you to offer" could indicate a lost love, which was there in the past, but the protagonist is trying to forget. So he/she has to walk through the moors, where an encounter with death happens. It forced himself into the protagonists arms, so it was a very close encounter, not wanted by the protagonist. This could mean a "natural" death by depression and a broken heart, but could also be a suicide attempt. It is just later that the protagonist is "dragged again up to surface", back to the life of humans, where the next bleak morning has to be faced. It is not explained, who or what does the dragging, it could perhaps be some kind of remaining will to live or the normal course of life (people go on living if nothing happens). I don't think that an intervention of another human being happens.
Then, the circle closes, and the loop of life continues, "Till following hopless day".
I think especially the last stanza is very explicit, the "waking hours" (the life) is spent pining away in "cold sunlight" (The sun, symbol of life and joy, is actually cold and bleak). This applies to the seemingly endless succession of days.
The protagonist walks through the moors, an area that is hard to walk through, full of darkness and mist (also mystery, but i think this isn't that relevant here). This way, he/she forces "the past away". The hint "What have i for you to offer" could indicate a lost love, which was there in the past, but the protagonist is trying to forget. So he/she has to walk through the moors, where an encounter with death happens. It forced himself into the protagonists arms, so it was a very close encounter, not wanted by the protagonist. This could mean a "natural" death by depression and a broken heart, but could also be a suicide attempt. It is just later that the protagonist is "dragged again up to surface", back to the life of humans, where the next bleak morning has to be faced. It is not explained, who or what does the dragging, it could perhaps be some kind of remaining will to live or the normal course of life (people go on living if nothing happens). I don't think that an intervention of another human being happens.
Then, the circle closes, and the loop of life continues, "Till following hopless day".