Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRIUMPHANT NIGHT, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER


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TRIUMPHANT NIGHT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: As once I wandered lonely in the night
Last Line: And sweep away the swarm of stars above us.
Subject(s): Despair; London; Night; Bedtime


As once I wandered lonely in the night,
Upon some grey and grimy street belated,
I saw a sad man and a woman white,
Clasped in a doorway low, unconsecrated.
And they were parting, for their sobs came thick
Across the street to where I wandered, deeming
That all the world with ugliness was sick,
And that life held no moments worth esteeming.
O vision of the night, you mocked me then
With sudden floods of beauty, power and glory!
I saw the paltry, weak desires of men
Rise from our hearts, and conquer song and story,
And flout the idle Gods who do not love us,
And sweep away the swarm of stars above us.





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