Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SICILIAN NIGHT, by EDWARD CRACROFT LEFROY Poet's Biography First Line: Come, stand we here within this cactus-brake Last Line: Beat out with naked feet a saraband. Subject(s): Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
COME, stand we here within this cactus-brake, And let the leafy tangle cloak us round: It is the spot whereof the Seer spake -- To nymph and faun a nightly trysting-ground. How still the scene! No zephyr stirs to shake The listening air. The trees are slumber-bound In soft repose. There's not a bird awake To witch the silence with a silver sound. Now haply shall the vision trance our eyes, By heedless mortals all too rarely scanned, Of mystic maidens in immortal guise, Who mingle shadowy hand with shadowy hand, And, moving o'er the lilies circle-wise, Beat out with naked feet a saraband. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN A CRICKET BOWLER by EDWARD CRACROFT LEFROY |
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