Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CITY HALL AT NIGHT, by MARGARETTE BALL DICKSON



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CITY HALL AT NIGHT, by                    
First Line: Dim, dark and spectral loom
Last Line: Into view.
Subject(s): Night; Poetry & Poets; Bedtime


I.

Dim, dark and spectral loom
Long hall and empty room,
Weird as the crack of doom—
Stark and aloof.

Hung like a far balloon,
Faint as the waning moon
Clock tower warns midnight, soon—
Stark and aloof.

Windows are pools of ink;
Doors, cavern mouths, to brink
Weird passages to link
Dungeon and roof;
Arc-lights, reflected, blink ...
Stark and aloof!

II.

So, fancy, challenged, caught,
Weirdly has read and wrought,
Weaving the spell it sought
Into view.

See, shafts of golden light,
Rain-like, have streaked the night,
Radiant, warm and bright,
Into view.

High lights in bold relief,
Golden beyond belief,
Dispel the gloom and grief;
Ever anew
Light weaves both woof and weaf
Into view.





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