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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOCHE TRISTE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: The night that bore me to my dead
Last Line: "her night hath stars and voices too."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: The night that bore me to my dead
Last Line: "her night hath stars and voices too."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
The night that bore me to my dead,
Along the dreary way
The meadow-frogs in chorus said,
"We sing the vanished day;
Think not that life is all with you:
Her night hath stars and voices too."
Other Poems of Interest...
THE NIGHTWATCHMAN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN
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