Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO AN AUTHOR, by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY


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First Line: Last night at last I found a chance
Last Line: The clock struck five.
Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A.
Subject(s): Books; Reading


LAST night at last I found a chance
To dip into your new romance.
The night was wild without, but fair
This valley of my easy chair;
As, with your book, I settled there
Before the cheery grate,
The clock struck eight.

I read the opening chapter through,
And after that I never knew --
Nor cared, indeed -- how fared the night
Beyond those borders of delight
Wherein my spirit winged its flight;
For other ears, not mine,
The clock struck nine.

The while your book was in my hands
My soul sojourned in other lands,
But then, ah! then -- I cannot tell
Just what it was that broke the spell.
Perhaps it was the book that fell --
I woke, and, sakes alive!
The clock struck five.





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