Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WATCHMAN! WHAT OF THE NIGHT?, by JAMES MEW First Line: The burden of dumah. Silence. What of the / night? Last Line: With longing for that messianic morn. Subject(s): Jews; Night; Peace; Sleep; Judaism; Bedtime | ||||||||
THE burden of Dumah. Silence. What of the night? I hear the Watchman crying through the dark. When to the golden cover of Thine Ark Thy Mercy seat, wilt Thou, O God of Light Return? How long wilt Thou Thy remnant smite, And thresh the scattered corn upon Thy floor, And winnow with Thy purging fan, before That last least grain be garnered! Will Thy might Destroy, nor spare? Lo, as a tale that is told, Our days pass quickly, nor as yet the thorn Yields to the fir. No more from us withhold The Prince of Peace, that unto us is born: Our bones, O Lord, are vexed, our eyes wax old With longing for that Messianic morn. | 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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