One little noise of life remained - I heard The train pause in the distance, then rush by, Brawling and hushing, like some busy fly That murmurs and then settles; nothing stirred Beside. The shadow of our travelling earth Hung on the silver moon, which mutely went Through that grand process, without token sent, Or any sign to call a gazer forth, Had I not chanced to see; dumb was the vault Of heaven, and dumb the fields - no zephyr swept The forest walks, or through the coppice crept; Nor other sound the stillness did assault, Save that faint-brawling railway's move and halt; So perfect was the silence Nature kept. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, EXEKIEL, DANIEL by MARIANNE MOORE EPITAPH: FOR A VIRGIN LADY by COUNTEE CULLEN A WOMAN'S LOVE by JOHN MILTON HAY GENTLEMEN-RANKERS by RUDYARD KIPLING CLEVER TOM CLINCH GOING TO BE HANGED by JONATHAN SWIFT THOSE WHO LOVE by SARA TEASDALE SCURVY ENTERTAINMENT by ABU ABD ALLAH |