Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET: STARLIGHT. 1, by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN


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First Line: Night works like time: hushed is the busy street
Last Line: And feel eternity, where was but time.
Subject(s): Time


NIGHT works like Time: hushed is the busy street;
Grey are the walls, whose yet untarnished red
Glared in the sun; for shadows overspread
All hues of earth, that wearied eyes may meet
The restful heavens; that mortal hearts may greet
Eternal truth: while darksome paths I tread,
The light of other worlds is round me shed,
The glow of distant aeons guides my feet.

The silent stars my ecstasy control;
No daring hopes, no awe-struck fears intrude
Upon the calm rejoicing of the soul:
From sun to sun, from age to age I climb,
Until for Space I see Infinitude,
And feel Eternity, where was but Time.








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