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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WINE OF NIGHT, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come,drink the mystic wine of night Last Line: With faith and fire! Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Despair; Drinks & Drinking; War; Wine | |||
COME, drink the mystic wine of Night, Brimming with silence and the stars, While earth, bathed in this holy light, Is seen without its scars. Drink in the daring and the dews, The calm winds and the restless gleam— This is the draught that Beauty brews; Drink—it is the Dream... Drink, oh my soul, and do not yield— These solitudes, this wild-rose air, Shall strengthen thee, shall be thy shield, Against a world's despair. Oh, quaff this stirrup-cup of stars, Trembling with hope and high desire— Then back into the hopeless wars With faith and fire! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CUP OF TREMBLINGS by JOHN HOLLANDER VINTAGE ABSENCE by JOHN HOLLANDER SENT WITH A BOTTLE OF BURGUNDY FOR A BIRTHDAY by JOHN HOLLANDER TO A CIVIL SERVANT by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG WINE by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT THE GOOD FELLOW by ALEXANDER BROME WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN A BIRTHDAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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