Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT PIECE, by FORD MADOX FORD 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 fieldthe night very deep, very holy; The turf very sodden a-foot, walking heavythe small ring of light, O' the lanthorn one carries, a-swinging to left and to right, Revealing a flicker of hedgerow, a flicker of rushesand 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. | 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 |
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