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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN HYMN TO THE EVENING, by PHILLIS WHEATLEY Recitation Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Soon as the sun forsook the eastern main Last Line: Then cease, my song, till fair aurora rise. Alternate Author Name(s): Peters, Phillis Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Mortality; Night; Bedtime | |||
Soon as the sun forsook the eastern main The pealing thunder shook the heav'nly plain; Majestic grandeur! From the zephyr's wing, Exhales the incense of the blooming spring. Soft purl the streams, the birds renew their notes, And through the air their mingled music floats. through all the heav'ns what beauteous dies are spread! But the west glories in the deepest red: So may our breasts with ev'ry virtue glow, The living temples of our God below! Fill'd with the praise of him who gives the light; And draws the sable curtains of the night, Let placid slumbers sooth each weary mind, At mourn to wake more heav'nly, more refin'd; So shall the labours of the day begin More pure, more guarded from the snares of sin. Night's leaden sceptre seals my drousy eyes, Then cease, my song, till fair Aurora rise. | 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 FAREWELL TO AMERICA, TO MRS. S. W. by PHILLIS WHEATLEY |
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