Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NUPTIAL NIGHT, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH


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First Line: Hush! And again the chatter of the starling / athwart the lawn!
Last Line: Bathe her, bedeck her, behymn her, my queen!
Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T.
Subject(s): Dawn; Night; Sunrise; Bedtime


HUSH! and again the chatter of the starling
Athwart the lawn!
Lean your head close and closer, O my darling!—
It is the dawn.
Dawn in the dusk of her dream,
Dream in the hush of her bosom, unclose!
Bathed in the wakening beam,
Blush to her cheek, be a blossom, a rose!

Pass, purple Night, the floor of Ocean spilling
With scent and star,
To casements lit and luted music thrilling
By coasts afar.
Holy, thy hand on the rail,
Mother of Mystery, muting thy tread:
Loosen thy locks for a veil
Over the maiden to-morrow shall bed.

Go, nuptial night, my breast of hers bereaving!
Yet O, tread soft!
Come, golden day, the mountain shoulder heaving
More gold aloft!
Gold, rose, bird of the dawn
All to her aubade gather unseen.
Thrill thro' the curtain drawn,
Bathe her, bedeck her, behymn her, my Queen!





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