Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEAUTIFUL NIGHT, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER


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BEAUTIFUL NIGHT, by                    
First Line: Oh beautiful night, oh, beautiful night
Last Line: Of those charms which the earth doth possess.
Subject(s): Beauty; Moon; Night; Bedtime


Oh beautiful night, oh, beautiful night,
How weak are mere words to express
The thoughts that arise in my soul by the sight
Of those charms which the earth doth possess.

The moon's bright reflection in the rippleless lake,
The trees, sombre shadows of dun,
The dark purple hills in the distance awake
The thought which in daytime I shun.

The myriad stars seem like holes in the sky
Where the glory of Heaven sifts through,
And that fantastic cloud I view scurrying by
Takes the shape of a swift kangaroo.

The soft, gentle zephyrs which rustle the trees
Seem to sing to my soul a sweet tune,
And my sub-conscious self is again at the knees
Of my mother, and lists to her croon.

I recall that sweet song which thrilled with delight
As she sang to a youngster of four,
"Oh, Mother, how pretty the moon is tonight,
It was never so pretty before."

I remember those eyes gazing up at the moon,
'Tis the same moon that now greets my sight,
And I choke back the tears as I hark to the tune
Of the whispering breezes of night.

And the ghosts of the past are now stalking abroad,
The mists of the valley take shape,
They wander the roads which in past years I've trod,
They now grip me, I cannot escape.

Oh, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful night,
How weak are mere words to express
The thoughts that arise in my soul by the sight
Of those charms which the earth doth possess.





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