Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AT NIGHT, by JOYCE GRENFELL


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First Line: We talked throughout the evening's changing light
Last Line: I freely left her side and was with you.
Subject(s): Night; Relationships; Bedtime


We talked throughout the evening's changing light
From day gold into pale metallic grey,
And saw the Cézanne cornfield settle for the night
Beneath the moon, cloud swept in disarray.
We leaned upon the window-sill and heard
The flutter of a sudden hurried bird;
The silver coinage on the poplar tree
Shook to the breeze and sounded like the sea.
Our ears shared all the little music then,
Our eyes gazed on the same untroubled view,
But as the passage clock was mumbling ten
I freely left her side and was with you.





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