Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO NIGHT, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have loved wind and light Last Line: Fade when the darkness brings the stars. Subject(s): Love; Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
I have loved wind and light, And the bright sea, But, holy and most secret Night, Not as I love and have loved thee. God, like all highest things, Hides light in shade, And in the night his visitings To sleep and dreams are clearliest made. Love, that knows all things well, Loves the night best; Joys whereof daylight dares not tell Are his, and the diviner rest. And Life, whom day shows plain His prison-bars, Feels the close walls and the hard chain Fade when the darkness brings the stars. | 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 NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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