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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WORLD ASLEEP, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Waking by night, a great and tender thought Last Line: One in the father's watch and ward of love. Subject(s): God; Love; Night; Sin; Sleep; Soul; Bedtime | |||
WAKING by night, a great and tender thought Rolled in upon my soul; I seemed to see Millions of men of high and low degree, Women and children small, -- all overwrought With labor, sin or weakness, or distraught Through passion's power, -- in deep tranquillity, With placid breasts and breath that issued free, As if they lay at peace, regretting naught. And O it was a wonderful mild sight, Those helpless forms of all God's creatures there, Worldings and saints, alike as dove and dove, Resuming innocence and lost delight, All quieted and with sleep's magic fair, One in the Father's watch and ward of love. | 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 BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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