Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAST MAN: MIDNIGHT HYMN, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And many voices marshalled in one hymn Last Line: Vallied the unaccustomed sea. Variant Title(s): Midnight Hymn; Fragment Fr. The Last Man | ||||||||
And many voices marshalled in one hymn Wound through the night, whose still, translucent moments Lay on each side their breath; and the hymn passed Its long, harmonious populace of words Between the silvery silences, as when The slaves of Egypt, like a wind between The head and trunk of a dismembered king On a strewn plank, with blood and footsteps sealed, Vallied the unaccustomed sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: DIRGE FOR WOLFRAM by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SAILORS' [OR MARINERS'] SONG by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SIBYLLA'S DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DREAM-PEDLARY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: A SUBTERRANEAN CITY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES LORD ALCOHOL; SONG by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES OUTIDANA: A DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES QUATORZAINS: 5. TO NIGHT by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES SONG OF THE STYGIAN NAIADES by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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