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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SICK ROOM, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis midnight, and a starry shower
Last Line: Of suffering, and of sorrow's room.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness
First Line: Tis midnight, and a starry shower
Last Line: Of suffering, and of sorrow's room.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness
'TIS midnight, and a starry shower
Weeps its bright tears o'er life and flower;
Sweet, silent, beautiful the night,
Sufficing for her own delight.
But other lights than sky and star,
From yonder casement gleam afar;
The lamp subdued to the heart's gloom
Of suffering, and of sorrow's room.
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