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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VESPERS, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poet's Biography
First Line: I know the night is near at hand [or drawing near]
Last Line: From light to dark, from dark to light.
Variant Title(s): Evening;from Dark To Light;vesperal
Subject(s): Immortality
First Line: I know the night is near at hand [or drawing near]
Last Line: From light to dark, from dark to light.
Variant Title(s): Evening;from Dark To Light;vesperal
Subject(s): Immortality
I KNOW the night is near at hand.
The mists lie low on hill and bay,
The autumn sheaves are dewless, dry;
But I have had the day.
Yes, I have had, dear Lord, the day;
When at Thy call I have the night,
Brief be the twilight as I pass
From light to dark, from dark to light.
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