Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM THE NIGHT TO THE DAWN, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poet's Biography First Line: In every night some haggard hours there are Last Line: Of dawn and fill with light the hollow sky. Subject(s): Dawn; Night; Sunrise; Bedtime | ||||||||
In every night some haggard hours there are Whose passing is unnoted, save by those Unconquered by dim slumber and her shows; The wretched and the houseless near and far, And those for whom the night cannot unbar The common gate to her divine repose, Whose nerves are torn by living and its woes, Until they sink in some melee of war. These know and these alone the secret things: The mysteries which those who see must die: The silent spaces of which no one sings: The grey death-minutes fading, till on high Aloft there flash the sudden glorious wings Of dawn and fill with light the hollow sky. | 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 ARIZONA POEMS: 2. MEXICAN QUARTER by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER |
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