Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOME, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Twas midnight -- midnight in a southern clime Last Line: There brighter skies, but fonder hearts are here. Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Home; Nature; Night; North, The; Bedtime | ||||||||
'TWAS midnightmidnight in a southern clime; The moon above the mountainswood and stream And vineyard shining in her silvery beam, As in the sunlight of the morning's prime; The shade of fragrant orange-tree and lime Pierc'd through with twinkling stars; it seem'd a gleam Of Heaven o'erspreading earth, or poet's dream By fancy pictur'd in delusive rhyme. Though mist and darkness wrap our northern grove, No nightingale to charm the listening ear, Nor purple vines, nor cloudless moons above, For such I sigh not; this dark atmosphere Home gilds and gladdens with the light of love; There brighter skies, but fonder hearts are here. | 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 PAST AND PRESENT by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON |
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