Out in the dark over the snow The fallow fawns invisible go With the fallow doe; And the winds blow Fast as the stars are slow. Stealthily the dark haunts round And, when a lamp goes, without sound At a swifter bound Than the swiftest hound, Arrives, and all else is drowned; And I and star and wind and deer, Are in the dark together, — near, Yet far, — and fear Drums on my ear In that sage company drear. How weak and little is the light, All the universe of sight, Love and delight, Before the might, If you love it not, of night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COMING STORM' (A PICTURE BY R. S. GIFFORD) by HERMAN MELVILLE THE CENTAURS by JAMES STEPHENS IO VICTIS by WILLIAM WETMORE STORY THE WINTER-SPRING by JOSEPH BEAUMONT A BRIDGE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN OLD AND YOUNG by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON EXTRACTS FROM VERSES WRITTEN FOR THE NEW YEAR, 1823 by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |