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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT, by HERMANN HESSE Poet's Biography First Line: Often this thought wakens me unawares Last Line: Speaks at this hour my name within her heart. | |||
OFTEN this thought wakens me unawares, That through the chill of night a vessel fares Seeking an ocean, touching on a shore For which my soul must yearn forevermore; That in still places which no sailor knows A crimson, undiscovered Northlight glows, That an unknown and lovely lady's arm Pulses amid the pillows white and warm; That one long destined to become my friend Finds in an alien sea a somber end, And that my mother, strange and far apart, Speaks at this hour my name within her heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALK IN A GONDOLA by HERMANN HESSE TO MUSIC; A FRAGMENT by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THESEUS AND ARIADNE by FRANCIS BEAUMONT CORYDON by LUCIUS MORRIS BEEBE WOULD YOU RETURN? by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 23 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH ONLY THE HEART IS HAUNTED by VERNE BRIGHT THE DAY; NOVEMBER 11, 1918 by WITTER BYNNER SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 21 by BLISS CARMAN |
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