Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BY HER WHITE BED, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By her white bed I muse a little Last Line: "would mutely plead: ""nay, lord! Let him so sleep." Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Beds; Flowers; Love; Night; Roses; Bedtime | ||||||||
BY her white bed I muse a little space: She fell asleep -- not very long ago, -- And yet the grass was here and not the snow -- The leaf, the bud, the blossom, and -- her face! -- Midsummer's heaven above us, and the grace Of Love's own day, from dawn to afterglow; The fireflies' glimmering, and the sweet and low Plaint of the whippoorwills, and every place In thicker twilight for the roses' scent. Then night. -- She slept -- in such tranquillity, I walk atiptoe still, nor dare to weep, Feeling, in all this hush, she rests content -- That though God stood to wake her for me, she Would mutely plead: "Nay, Lord! Let him so sleep." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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