Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From the italian of giovanni strozzi Last Line: Take heed, then, lest thou wake me: ah, speak low. Subject(s): Night; Sleep; Bedtime | ||||||||
I. FROM THE ITALIAN OF GIOVANNI STROZZI. NIGHT, whom in shape so sweet thou here may'st see Sleeping, was by an Angel sculptured thus In marble, and since she sleeps hath life like us: Thou doubt'st? Awake her: she will speak to thee. II. FROM THE ITALIAN OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI. Sleep likes me well, and better yet to know I am but stone. While shame and grief must be, Good hap is mine, to feel not, nor to see: Take heed, then, lest thou wake me: ah, speak low. | 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 BALLAD OF DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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