Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT, by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS Poet's Biography First Line: How colorless the sky and dreary Last Line: How fervently I love ye all! Subject(s): Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
HOW colorless the sky and dreary, Which wore by day a smile so bright! The clouds, as if of tears aweary, Like beggars mute sweep through the night. Their little heads the flowers hang sleeping; Not e'en one leaf moves on the tree; Only the waves, to my feet creeping, Exchange soft kisses dreamily. The forest stands in deepest silence, The birds have long since ceased to sing; But faintly, from the ghostly distance, The breeze a bell's low note doth bring. Upon the moss in worship blissful I kneel; my tears like dew-drops fall. Oh, holy nights, calm, starless, peaceful, How fervently I love ye all! | 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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