Oh for one night with thee! Shall not the hours Bring round revenge at last, and angry Fate Be slain by white hands nigh Love's golden gate? Shall we not plunge amid the night's dim bowers? Wilt thou not crown me with unheard-of flowers?— Lo! the night waxes onward: it grows late: Rise thou; then falter not, nor turn nor wait:— The freedom of the trackless dark is ours. Oh for one night with thee!—one awful night Amid the stillness of eternity, Wherein to fold thy soul and body white In deathless close imprisoning clasp to me, While all the stars above us mix their bright Souls with the silent soul of all the sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY BEFORE DEATH by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SONNET: 9. TO A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY by JOHN MILTON THE LAMENTATION OF DANAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS THE QUEEN IN FRANCE; AN ANCIENT SCOTTISH BALLAD by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE KINGS OF THE EAST by KATHARINE LEE BATES TAKE YOUR CHOICE: ACCORDING TO FRANKLIN P. ADAMS by BERTON BRALEY THE WODDSY ONES by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN |