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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NIGHT MOTHS, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the night to my mountain porch they came Last Line: Why this rich beauty wandering the night? Subject(s): Moths | |||
Out of the night to my mountain porch they came, A thousand moths. Did He who made the toad Make these and give them to the starry road? Ardent, unstill, they circled round the flame -- These wonder-shapes that man can never tame -- Whirled like the first flakes of the winter snows; Tinted with amber, violet and rose Marked with hieroglyphs that have no name. Out of the summer dark they poured in flight, To vanish down the secret roads they keep: Unseen they go on their mysterious sweep. Who called them to this rush of mad delight? Do they go lost and aimless to the deep? Why this rich beauty wandering the night? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOBOCRASPIS GRISEIFUSA by TED KOOSER THE WOOLEN BUG by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ALL FOOLS' CALENDER by DONALD (GRADY) DAVIDSON THE MOTHS: 1. CIRCA 1582 by NORMAN DUBIE THE MOTHS: 1. CIRCA 1952 by NORMAN DUBIE THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING by NORMAN DUBIE |
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