Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MIDNIGHT-BY THE OPEN WINDOW, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How rapt the sleeping stillness of the / night Last Line: Roused from the sleepy comfort of his seat. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Night; Silence; Sleep; Bedtime | ||||||||
HOW rapt the sleeping stillness of the night Incomparably close and vast...One might Hear the tense silence in the little street Reaching to heaven, where it swells and breaks Into moon-music and star-song that makes My senses bend and sway, as waving wheat Trembles before the wind's majestic feet; Trembles with happy fear and numb delight. How sharp the silence...like a sword to smite Brittle security and iron aches; A soundless and imperative blast that wakes Undreamed of powers, terrible and sweet... While God comes down, roused to the jubilant fight; Roused from the sleepy comfort of His seat. | 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 A BIRTHDAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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