Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDYLL, by CHARLES V. H. ROBERTS First Line: Sweet hour of night, within thy solitude Last Line: From o'er the waves of future heritages. Subject(s): Dreams; Love; Passion; Nightmares | ||||||||
Sweet hour of Night, within thy solitude Thy wandering sleep and silent course advanced In realms occultand overruling power, I met a woman, angel pure and like A dove in tint and melody, her wings Unfolded on nocturnal sandsthrough air allured To solitary caves and darker woods. We strolled a-near a cool rilletbackground A garden kiosk canopied in flowers, 'Twixt grottoes dimly glittering with a shelly floor. The Night's eclipse of phantoms, dreams, and rest Was stirred and lit in mystic parts by touch Of stars and lidless eyes of moon. The silver Stream laughed out aloudthen played a song Keyed high upon such rippling undercurrents, As waked the fairies from the bank and glen. Our thoughts were written on the velvet sheen, And through the fringes of the forest shone An after-glow which crept to vibrant harmonies. O'er-hanging shadows, silent, vast and fragrant With perfumes, wafted strangely near, in half-awed Dreamy moods, 'mid tangled vines and brush: Above the shooting stars and destined spheres Were strayed in limitless oblivion. Carelessly we kissed with soft caress, Our spirits gliding from tranquility, While round us weaved a thousand gentle forms, In binding chains of complex passions rife. The dance of twin lights from intensest eyes, A thought suppressedthen mingling of the breath, Glowing and glowing, and closer and still more close All visions lost to me in Happiness. Night's silver canopy of clouds unrolled, Shredded and flown adown to tree tops high; Then whispered Love along the fretted shore, From o'er the waves of future heritages. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS A PROPOSAL by CHARLES V. H. ROBERTS |
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