Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, REFRAIN, by ALICE PHELPS RIDER


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First Line: The night was dark and still and deeply young
Last Line: Where tears had not been shed nor songs been sung.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime


The night was dark and still and deeply young;
The stars hung near, so very closely near
The world seemed but a pale, forgotten sphere
Where tears had not been shed nor songs been sung.

And into night, so void of seeming change,
The years came, shy, with unobtrusive tread
Until a radiance was gently shed
That night might wake nor find that waking strange.

And yet, that night was dark and deeply young;
And stars shone near, so very, very near
The world itself seemed some forgotten sphere
Where tears had not been shed nor songs been sung.





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