Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NIGHT PIECE, by FORD MADOX FORD



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NIGHT PIECE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah, of those better tides of dark and melancholy
Last Line: They lie so deep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime


AH, of those better tides of dark and melancholy—
When one's abroad, in a field—the night very deep, very holy;
The turf very sodden a-foot, walking heavy—the small ring of light,
O' the lanthorn one carries, a-swinging to left and to right,
Revealing a flicker of hedgerow, a flicker of rushes—and Night
Ev'rywhere; ev'rywhere sleep and a hushing to sleep—
I know that I never shall utter the uttermost secrets aright,
They lie so deep.





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