Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DEAR DAY, DEAR NIGHT, by ELIZABETH BARNET TOLDRIDGE


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DEAR DAY, DEAR NIGHT, by                    
First Line: The silver dawn has been / dappled with golden dye
Last Line: And after that, dear night!
Subject(s): Day; Night; Sleep; Bedtime


The silver dawn has been
Dappled with golden dye.
I feel myself akin
To peoples of the sky!
To climb a mountain high
This day, with love in sight,
A flock of dreams to fly --
And after that, dear night!

The roses now begin
(With wooing smile and sigh)
To wear my spirit thin,
Where watchful shadows lie!
And threads of song -- to tie
Me fast, till helpless quite --
He spins, whose wing I spy!
And after that, dear night!

How does the night come in?
Softly as day. To dry
A tear or two; to win
Sleep without memory!
Sorrow and Joy, they ply
(Twin fates) their shuttles light --
By day, perhaps too nigh!
But after that, dear night!

L'Envoi

My poet, you and I
May take our last fond flight --
Still shall dear day go by;
And after that, dear night!





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