Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOCTURNE, by CLAUDE HOUGHTON Poet's Biography First Line: I dream you are the moon's most favoured child Last Line: The silences that brood around the stars. Subject(s): Dreams; Love; Night; Nightmares; Bedtime | ||||||||
I DREAM you are the moon's most favoured child, Since only in the night you come to me, Quintessence of the darkness, strange and wild, Nocturnal phantom, indolent and free. Gliding upon the moon's blue-silver ray, You visit me despite my prison bars; Within my soul you leave at dawn of day The silences that brood around the stars. | 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 CHANT D'AUTOMNE by CLAUDE HOUGHTON |
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