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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING STAR, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas noontide of summer
Last Line: Than that colder, lowly light.
Subject(s): Evening Star
First Line: Twas noontide of summer
Last Line: Than that colder, lowly light.
Subject(s): Evening Star
'Twas noontide of summer,
And mid-time of night;
And stars, in their orbits,
Shone pale, thro' the light
Of the brighter, cold moon,
'Mid planets her slaves,
Herself in the Heavens,
Her beam on the waves.
I gaz'd awhile
On her cold smile;
Too cold -- too cold for me --
There pass'd, as a shroud,
A fleecy cloud,
And I turn'd away to thee,
Proud Evening Star,
In thy glory afar,
And dearer thy beam shall be;
For joy to my heart
Is the proud part
Thou bearest in Heav'n at night,
And more I admire
Thy distant fire,
Than that colder, lowly light.
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