Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMFORT IN THE NIGHT, by JEAN INGELOW


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First Line: She thought by heaven's high wall that she did stray
Last Line: Then the gate closed and she awoke content.
Subject(s): Comfort; Contentment; Kisses; Light; Night; Bedtime


SHE thought by heaven's high wall that she did stray
Till she beheld the everlasting gate:
And she climbed up to it to long, and wait,
Feel with her hands (for it was night), and lay
Her lips to it with kisses; thus to pray
That it might open to her desolate.
And lo! it trembled, lo! her passionate
Crying prevailed. A little little way
It opened: there fell out a thread of light,
And she saw winged wonders move within;
Also she heard sweet talking as they meant
To comfort her. They said, 'Who comes to-night
Shall one day certainly an entrance win;'
Then the gate closed and she awoke content.





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