Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS VIGIL, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Close the book and dim the light Last Line: Just as god were sitting here. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Books; God; Night; Reading; Bedtime | ||||||||
CLOSE the book and dim the light, I shall read no more to-night. No -- I am not sleepy, dear -- Do not go: sit by me here In the darkness and the deep Silence of the watch I keep. Something in your presence so Soothes me -- as in long ago I first felt your hand -- as now -- In the darkness touch my brow: I've no other wish than you Thus should fold mine eyelids to, Saying naught of sigh or tear -- Just as God were sitting here. | 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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