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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: THE EVENING STAR, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lo! In the painted oriel of the west
Last Line: And from thy darkened window fades the light.
Subject(s): Stars
First Line: Lo! In the painted oriel of the west
Last Line: And from thy darkened window fades the light.
Subject(s): Stars
Lo! in the painted oriel of the West,
Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines,
Like a fair lady at her casement, shines
The evening star, the star of love and rest!
And then anon she doth herself divest
Of all her radiant garments, and reclines
Behind the sombre screen of yonder pines,
With slumber and soft dreams of love oppressed.
O my beloved, my sweet Hesperus!
My morning and my evening star of love!
My best and gentlest lady! even thus,
As that fair planet in the sky above,
Dost thou retire unto thy rest at night,
And from thy darkened window fades the light.
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