Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT IN JUNE, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I left my dreamy page and sallied forth Last Line: In fairy groves of herds grass Subject(s): Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
I left my dreamy page & sallied forth Received the fair inscriptions of the night The moon was making amber of the world Glittered with silver every cottage pane The trees were rich yet ominous with gloom the meadows broad From ferns & grasses & from folded flowers Sent a nocturnal fragrance the harlot flies Flashed their small fires in air or held their court In fairy groves of herds grass | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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 |
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