Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO NIGHT, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE First Line: Cooling, quieting night Last Line: And be at one with the silent three that brood and move in the shadow of god! Subject(s): Comfort; Death; God; Night; Parents; Dead, The; Bedtime; Parenthood | ||||||||
COOLING, quieting Night, Subtle abolisher of the long-burning light Of Day; wrapt with thine ever-darkening hair, Searching with agile, patient fingers everywhere Lest in some undiscovered spot thy foe, reluctant, hideth; Mother, in whose deep bosom Sleep abideth, Thy child and Death's, the gloomier Shade that glideth Constantly after, stern husband-soul of thee, Whom only thou regardest and dost not flee, O lead him soon to me, That I too feel him Father, unfearing tread where he hath trod, And be at one with the silent Three that brood and move in the Shadow of God! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY PARENTS HAVE COME HOME LAUGHING by MARK JARMAN BIRTHDAY (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOOKING IN AT NIGHT by MARY KINZIE THE VELVET HAND by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY CURRICULUM VITAE by LISEL MUELLER CIVILIZING THE CHILD by LISEL MUELLER MISSING THE DEAD by LISEL MUELLER A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE |
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