Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRELUDE, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though black the night, I know upon the sky Last Line: Of death shall come, the gospel of her light. Subject(s): Morning | ||||||||
THOUGH black the night, I know upon the sky, A little paler now, if clouds were none, The stars would be. Husht now the thickets lie, And now the birds are moving one by one, -- A note -- and now from bush to bush it goes -- A prelude -- now victorious light along The west will come till every bramble glows With wash of sunlit dew shaken in song. Shaken in song; O heart, be ready now, Cold in your night, be ready now to sing. Dawn as it wakes the sleeping bird on bough Shall summon you to instant reckoning, -- She is your dawn, O heart, -- sing, till the night Of death shall come, the gospel of her light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MORNING SONG by KARLE WILSON BAKER THE WHARF ON THAMES-SIDE: WINTER DAWN by LAURENCE BINYON POEM BEFORE BREAKFAST by TED KOOSER I'VE BEEN ASLEEP by PHILIP LEVINE SPRNG DAY: BREAKFAST TABLE by AMY LOWELL THE WAYSIDE STATION by EDWIN MUIR |
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