Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APPRIZALS, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: I make apprizal of the maiden moon Last Line: That ever looked through eyes! Variant Title(s): Apprisals Subject(s): Eyes; Night; Soul; Bedtime | ||||||||
I MAKE apprizal of the maiden moon For what she is to me: Not a great globe of cheerless stone That hangs in awful space alone, And ever so to be; But just the rarest orb, The very fairest orb, The star most lovely-wise In all the dear night-skies! So thou to me, O jestful girl of June! I have no will to hear Cold calculations of thy worth Summed up in beauty, brain, and birth: Such coldly strike mine ear. Thou art the rarest one, The very fairest one, The soul most lovely-wise That ever looked through eyes! | 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 BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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