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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOCTURN, by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON Poet's Biography First Line: The air is dark and sweet Last Line: And I not know. Alternate Author Name(s): Tomson, Graham R. | |||
THE air is dark and sweet This wet Spring night— Spring, of the wandering feet, The secret flight, Calls thro' the slow, soft rain— O voice of gold! Calls to me once again, As oft of old. The darkness sighs and stirs, Blind, blind and slow; Night-wandering loiterers, The veiled airs go; Mutes of the viewless spell, The hidden power, These—but my heart knows well Its magic hour. ... My heart's one festival, Oh, far or near, The Spring could never call And I not hear: Deep under graveyard grass, It could not be, The Spring could never pass And I not see. ... My heart, my heart would break Could it be so— To think that Spring should wake And I not know. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SOUTH COAST IDYLL by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON ALL SOULS' DAY by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON AUBADE by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON AVE ATQUE VALE by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON DEID FOLKS' FERRY by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON GLORIA MUNDI by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON HEREAFTER by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON LE MAUVAIS LARRON (SUGGESTED BY WILLETTE'S PICTURE) by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON NEIGES D'ANTAN by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON THE FARM ON THE LINKS by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON |
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