Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MIDNIGHT ON BEECHEN, 187-, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On beechen cliff self-commune I Last Line: On beechen cliff! | ||||||||
ON Beechen Cliff self-commune I This night of mid-June, mute and dry; When darkness never rises higher Than Bath's dim concave, towers, and spire, Last eveglow loitering in the sky To feel the dawn, close lurking by, The while the lamps as glow-worms lie In a glade, myself their lonely eyer On Beechen Cliff: The city sleeps below. I sigh, For there dwells one, all testify, To match the maddest dream's desire. What swain with her would not aspire To walk the world, yea, sit but nigh On Beechen Cliff! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEN WHO MARCH AWAY' (SONG OF THE SOLDIERS) by THOMAS HARDY A BROKEN APPOINTMENT by THOMAS HARDY A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY; CHRISTMAS-EVE 1899 by THOMAS HARDY A THOUGHT IN TWO MOODS by THOMAS HARDY A THUNDERSTORM IN TOWN by THOMAS HARDY A TRAMPWOMAN'S TRAGEDY by THOMAS HARDY A WIFE IN LONDON by THOMAS HARDY ACCORDING TO THE MIGHTY WORKING by THOMAS HARDY |
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