Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHADES OF NIGHT, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The shades of night were falling fast, / and the rain wa falling faster Last Line: Unhappily I'm married.' Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E. Subject(s): Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882); Old Age | ||||||||
The shades of night were falling fast, And the rain was falling faster, When through an Alpine village passed An Alpine village pastor: A youth who bore mid snow and ice A bird that wouldn't chirrup, And a banner with the strange device 'Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup.' 'Beware the pass,' the old man said, 'My bold, my desperate fellah; Dark lowers the tempest overhead, And you'll want your umbrella; And the roaring torrent is deep and wide You may hear how loud it washes.' But still that clarion voice replied: 'I've got my old goloshes.' 'Oh, stay,' the maiden said, 'and rest (For the wind blows from the nor'ward) Thy weary head upon my breast And please don't think I'm forward.' A tear stood in his bright blue eye, And he gladly would have tarried; But still he answered with a sigh: 'Unhappily I'm married.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 1. 1887 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN |
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