Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOOD NIGHT, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS


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First Line: Day is past!
Last Line: Good night!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime


DAY is past!
Stars have set their watch at last;
Founts that through the deep woods flow
Make sweet sounds, unheard till now;
Flowers have shut with fading light --
Good night!

Go to rest!
Sleep sit dove-like on thy breast!
If within that secret cell
One dark form of memory dwell,
Be it mantled from thy sight --
Good night!

Joy be thine!
Kind looks o'er thy slumbers shine!
Go, and in the spirit-land
Meet thy home's long-parted band;
Be their eyes all love and light --
Good night!

Peace to all!
Dreams of heaven on mourners fall!
Exile! o'er thy couch may gleams
Pass from thine own mountain-streams;
Bard! away to worlds more bright --
Good night!





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