Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SERENADE, by EDWARD COATE PINKNEY


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First Line: Look out upon the stars, my love
Last Line: Of darker nights a day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pinkney, Edward Coote


LOOK out upon the stars, my love,
And shame them with thine eyes,
On which, than on the lights above,
There hang more destinies.
Night's beauty is the harmony
Of blending shades and light;
Then, lady, up, -- look out, and be
A sister to the night!

Sleep not! thine image wakes for aye
Within my watching breast:
Sleep not! from her soft sleep should fly
Who robs all hearts of rest.
Nay, lady, from thy slumbers break,
And make this darkness gay
With looks, whose brightness well might make
Of darker nights a day.





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