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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOON: 1, by WINIFRED LUCAS
First Line: The night of sleep is always near
Last Line: To throb upon a human breast.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Noon
First Line: The night of sleep is always near
Last Line: To throb upon a human breast.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Noon
THE night of sleep is always near,
Where human stars go out and in;
And this of mine, that's waxing there,
Wanes to the daylight dust and din.
But the soft pulses, felt afar,
Of childhood's half-reluctant rest,
Still leave the little earthly star
To throb upon a human breast.
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