GOOD-NIGHT! I have to say good-night To such a host of peerless things! Good-night unto the slender hand All queenly with its weight of rings; Good-night to fond, uplifted eyes, Good-night to chestnut braids of hair, Good-night unto the perfect mouth, And all the sweetness nestled there -- The snowy hand detains me, then I'll have to say Good-night again! But there will come a time, my love, When, if I read our stars aright, I shall not linger by this porch With my farewells. Till then, good-night! You wish the time were now? And I. You do not blush to wish it so? You would have blushed yourself to death To own so much a year ago -- What, both these snowy hands! ah, then I'll have to say Good-night again! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RODNEY'S RIDE [JULY 3, 1776] by ELBRIDGE STREETER BROOKS CHANSON INNOCENTE: 2, FR. TULIPS by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS SAGE COUNSEL by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM by ROBERT SOUTHEY A VOICE PROPHETIC by WALT WHITMAN EPIGRAM: 27. THE FRUIT by THOMAS WYATT THE MENU by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |