Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, STARLIGHT DISTILLETH, by HERBERT TRENCH


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First Line: Tree by tree filleth
Last Line: All earth is quiet.
Subject(s): Stars; Beauty; Night


TREE by tree filleth,
What do they sigh at?
Field by field thrilleth,
Low comes the fiat:
"Let him that willeth
Cease from his riot,
Starlight distilleth;
O World, be quiet!

"Night the tremendous
Grasps thee and veils thee,
Slow thy stupendous
Intelligence fails thee.

"I, the Star-crowded,
Outsoar and outsink thee;
No more care-clouded
Need'st thou bethink thee!

"Let my primordial
Stupor that seizes
Cure, with the cordial
For all thy diseases . . . "

Field by field thrilleth --
What do they sigh at?
Sleep the soul filleth,
Man no more willeth,
Starlight distilleth; . . . . . .
All Earth is quiet.




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