IN the darkness, who would answer for the color of a rose, Or the vestments of the May moth and the pilgrimage it goes? In the darkness who would answer, in the darkness who would care, If the odor of the roses and the winged things were there. In the darkness who would cavil o'er the question of a line, Since the darkness holds all loveliness, beyond the mere design. Oh night, thy soothing prophecies companion all our ways, Until releasing hands let fall the catalogue of days. In the darkness, who would answer for the color of a rose, Or the vestments of the May moth and the pilgrimage it goes? In the darkness who would answer, in the darkness who would care, If the odor of the roses and the better things were there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLASS SONG (WHICH WILL BE SUNG ON THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY) by GEORGE SANTAYANA FRAGMENTS OF A LOST GNOSTIC POEM OF THE 12TH CENTURY by HERMAN MELVILLE TOM DEADLIGHT by HERMAN MELVILLE AT THE PICTURE-SHOW by KARLE WILSON BAKER REVOLUTION by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON PSALM 3; WHEN HE FLED FROM ABSALOM; AUGUST 9, 1653 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE A CATCH by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |