Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE STILLNESS O' THE NIGHT, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ov all the housen o' the pleace Last Line: In the stillness o' the night. Subject(s): Love; Night; Walking; Winter; Bedtime | ||||||||
Ov all the housen o' the pleäce, There's woone where I do like to call By day or night the best ov all, To zee my Fanny's smilèn feäce; An' there the steätely trees do grow, A-rockèn as the win' do blow, While she do sweetly sleep below, In the stillness o' the night. An' there, at evenèn, I do goo A-hoppèn over geätes an' bars, By twinklèn light o' winter stars, When snow do clumper to my shoe; An' zometimes we do slyly catch A chat an hour upon the stratch, An' peärt wi' whispers at the hatch In the stillness o' the night. An' zometimes she do goo to zome Young naïghbours' housen down the pleäce, An' I do get a clue to treäce Her out, an' goo to zee her hwome; An' I do wish a vield a mile, As she do sweetly chat an' smile Along the drove, or at the stile, In the stillness o' the night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN A WINTER NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES |
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