Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MIDNIGHT, by THOMAS HOOD


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First Line: Unfathomably night! How dost thou sweep
Last Line: The voice of time -- survivor of them all!
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime


UNFATHOMABLY Night! how dost thou sweep
Over the flooded earth, and darkly hide
The mighty city under thy full tide;
Making a silent palace for old Sleep,
Like his own temple under the hushed deep,
Where all the busy day he doth abide,
And forth at the late dark, outspreadeth wide
His dusky wings, whence the cold water sweep!
How peacefully the living millions lie!
Lulled unto death beneath his poppy spells;
There is no breath -- no living stir -- no cry --
No tread of foot -- no song -- no music-call --
Only the sound of melancholy bells --
The voice of Time -- survivor of them all!





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