Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HIDE AND SEEK, by MARCUS S. C. RICKARDS


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HIDE AND SEEK, by                    
First Line: Night, of nights that were and are / tenderest, best!
Last Line: For a while!
Subject(s): Death; Guilt; Night; Dead, The; Bedtime


NIGHT, of nights that were and are
Tenderest, best!
Bid clear moon and silvery star
Aid his quest.
Pledged to seek the trysting grot,
He is waiting, she is not:
Has her truant heart forgot
To be blest?

Soft winds! are a lover's sighs
Kindred breath?
Then, or passion-sick he lies,
Save from death:
Ere its last his bosom heaves,
Blow aside yon masking leaves,
Blabbing not, as he perceives
What he saith.
Breathing not her charming fright
When her guile
Stands unveiled, nor his delight
At her smile;
Guilt its penalty has brought,
Yet, kind gales, pray whisper naught
That she suffers (now she's caught)
For a while!





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