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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUGUST NIGHT, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On a midsummer night, on a night that was eerie with stars Last Line: You said, and no more. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): August; Night; Bedtime | |||
On a midsummer night, on a night that was eerie with stars, In a wood too deep for a single star to look through, You led down a path whose turnings you knew in the darkness, But the scent of the dew-dripping cedars was all that I knew. I drank of the darkness, I was fed with the honey of fragrance, I was glad of my life, the drawing of breath was sweet; I heard your voice, you said, "Look down, see the glowworm!" It was there before me, a small star, white at my feet. We watched while it brightened as though it were breathed on and burning, This tiny creature moving over earth's floor -- "'L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle,'" You said, and no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN |
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