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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poet's Biography
First Line: O night eternal and blue
Last Line: As leaves in a gust of the air!
Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: O night eternal and blue
Last Line: As leaves in a gust of the air!
Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
O NIGHT eternal and blue,
Holy and soft above,
You seem to lay on my forehead
The touch of an infinite love --
The touch of a love that never
Will understand me aright --
Why should you touch me and love me,
O tender and delicate night?
O night, look in with your stars
On the wintry face of despair,
And your stars will eddy and shrivel
As leaves in a gust of the air!
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