Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OF WINDS, SNOWS AND THE STARS, by HAMLIN GARLAND Poet's Biography First Line: O witchery of the winter night Last Line: And the red moon sinks beyond the west. Subject(s): Country Life; Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
O witchery of the winter night (With broad moon shouldering to the west)! In the city streets the west wind sweeps Before my feet in rustling flight; The midnight snows in untracked heaps Lie cold and desolate and white. I stand and wait with upturned eyes, Awed with the splendor of the skies And star-trained progress of the moon. The city walls dissolve like smoke Beneath the magic of thy moon, And age falls from me like a cloak; I hear sweet girlish voices ring Clear as some softly stricken string (The moon is sailing to the west.) The sleigh-bells clash in homeward flight; with frost each horse's breast is white (The big moon sinking in the west.) "Good night, Lettie!" "Good night, Ben!" (The moon is sinking at the west.) "Good night, my sweetheart." Once again The parting kiss while comrades wait Impatient at the roadside gate, And the red moon sinks beyond the west. | 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 A TRIBUTE OF GRASSES by HAMLIN GARLAND |
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