Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUTWARD BOUND, by ETHEL ALLEN MURPHY First Line: Freighted with fancy, golden, frail Last Line: Into the nightaway! Subject(s): Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
FREIGHTED with fancy, golden, frail, There by the marge of day, The new moon rears a slender sail, Filled by the breath of the evening gale, And over the bar of sunset pale, Out of the twilight gray, Fearlessly steers for the mystic deep, Into the night away! Let us be sailing, soul of mine, Far from the cares of day, Unfurl your sail so fragile and fine, Filled by the breath of the night divine, And over the senses swift decline, Out of the dreamlight gray, Steer for the deep of the unplumbed sleep, Into the nightaway! | 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 |
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