Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WHITE NIGHT, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The yellow moon across the clouds Last Line: A phantom day. Subject(s): Insomnia; Sleeplessness | ||||||||
The yellow moon across the clouds That shiver in the sky; White, hurrying travellers, the clouds, And, white and aching cold on high, Stars in the sky. Whiter, along the frozen earth, The miracle of snow; Close covered as for sleep, the earth Lies, mutely slumbering below Its shroud of snow. Sleepless I wander in the night, And, wandering, watch for day; Earth sleeps, yet, high in heaven, the night Awakens, faint and far away, A phantom day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GROOM FALCONER; CIRCA 1903 by NORMAN DUBIE THE DEATH OF THE RACE CAR DRIVER by NORMAN DUBIE JOURNEY TOWARD EVENING by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY THE STARS THEIR PERFECTION by DONALD REVELL NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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