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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEMON DAWN, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE First Line: The twilight came to soothe my furrowed care Last Line: And shatter all the happiness I know? Subject(s): Dreams; Night; Rest; Silence; Nightmares; Bedtime | |||
THE twilight came to soothe my furrowed care, The night to ease the edge of pallid pain, And sleep to quiet all the woes mundane, Then silken dreams, lest sleep should be too bare, Folded their films around me, rich and rare; Thus lay I, marveling in their silver skein Of phantasy, till night was on the wane And dawn peered in, disfigured by despair, Calling me back to care's calm slavery, Whetting the sword of pain, mine ancient foe, Rousing again his friend, relentless woe; O demon Dawn! what devil dwells in thee, That thou shouldst enter here so fiendishly, And shatter all the happiness I know? | 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 MEMORY by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |
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