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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENCE, by SARA TEASDALE Poet's Biography
First Line: I cannot sleep, the night is hot and empty
Last Line: All of earth's children bow before her will.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
First Line: I cannot sleep, the night is hot and empty
Last Line: All of earth's children bow before her will.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
I cannot sleep, the night is hot and empty,
My thoughts leave nothing lovely in my heart,
You love me, and I love you, life is passing,
We are apart.
The August moonlight vibrates with the voices
Of insects and their passions frail and shrill --
Oh from what whips, oh from what secret scourgings
All of earth's children bow before her will.
Other Poems of Interest...
AFTER CALLIMACHUS by JOHN HOLLANDER
THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE
CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON
THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES
WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN
THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN