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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT, by ANN RADCLIFFE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O'er the dim breast of ocean's wave
Last Line: Thy low winds breathe the distant shores along!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ward, Ann
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: O'er the dim breast of ocean's wave
Last Line: Thy low winds breathe the distant shores along!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ward, Ann
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
O'er the dim breast of ocean's wave
Night spreads afar her gloomy wings,
And pensive thought, and silence brings,
Save when the distant waters lave;
Or when the mariner's lone voice
Swells faintly in the passing gale,
Or when the screaming sea-gulls poise
O'er the tall mast and swelling sail,
Bounding the gray gleam of the deep,
Where fancied forms arouse the mind,
Dark sweep the shores, on whose rude steep
Sighs the sad spirit of the wind.
Sweet is its voice upon the air
At evening's melancholy close,
When the smooth wave in silence flows!
Sweet, sweet the peace its stealing accents bear!
Blest be thy shades, O Night! and blest the song
Thy low winds breathe the distant shores along!
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