Dear, why should you command me to my rest When now the night doth summon all to sleep? Methinks this time becometh lovers best; Night was ordain'd, together friends to keep; How happy are all other living things Which through the day disjoin by sev'ral flight, The quiet ev'ning yet together brings, And each returns unto his love at night. O thou, that art so courteous else to all, Why shouldst thou, Night, abuse me only thus, That ev'ry creature to his kind dost call, And yet 'tis thou dost only sever us? Well could I wish it would be ever day, If when night comes you bid me go away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEATH IN THE KITCHEN by THOMAS HOOD THE AEOLIAN HARP; AT THE SURF INN by HERMAN MELVILLE LITTLE GIFFEN by FRANCIS ORRERY TICKNOR IMPRESSIONS: LA FUITE DE LA LUNE by OSCAR WILDE TO THE DAISY (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH LOFT AT NIGHT by VIRGINIA ABEL SONNETS FOR NEW YORK CITY: 2. A POLITICAL 'BOSS' by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |