Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH AND NIGHT, by JAMES BENJAMIN KENYON Poet's Biography First Line: The bearded grass waves in the summer night Last Line: That weariness which makes us love the night? | ||||||||
THE bearded grass waves in the summer breeze; The sunlight sleeps along the distant hills; Faint is the music of the murmuring rills, And faint the drowsy piping of the bees. The languid leaves scarce stir upon the trees, And scarce is heard the clangor of the mills In the far distance, and the high, sharp trills Of the cicada die upon the leas. O death, what art thou? Hast thou peace like this? Or, underneath the daisies, out of sight, Hast thou in keep some higher, calmer bliss? Ah me! 't is pleasant to behold the light, And missing this, O death, would we not miss That weariness which makes us love the night? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BRING THEM NOT BACK by JAMES BENJAMIN KENYON BYLO-LAND by JAMES BENJAMIN KENYON COME SLOWLY, PARADISE by JAMES BENJAMIN KENYON COME, O WIND by JAMES BENJAMIN KENYON LULLABY by JAMES BENJAMIN KENYON TACITA by JAMES BENJAMIN KENYON THE BEDOUINS OF THE SKIES by JAMES BENJAMIN KENYON THE TWO SPIRITS by JAMES BENJAMIN KENYON WE SHALL ATTAIN by JAMES BENJAMIN KENYON |
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