Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT AND MORNING, by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN Poet's Biography First Line: I lift to heaven my longing eyes Last Line: But we are one at heaven's height. Subject(s): Morning; Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
NIGHT. I LIFT to Heaven my longing eyes, Knowing that yonder tranquil moon Is bright for you in Spanish skies; And has she power your soul to tune, In subtlest harmony divine, With all the passionate thoughts of mine? No, rather let her give you rest, To sleep in peace, with joy to wake; Yet if a dream the slumber break, Dream of my youthful soul and breast, Hungered, alone, far off, and sad; But dream them near, and dream them glad. MORNING. The morning radiance floods my room, Its tender glow my brow has kissed, And scattered all the night-born gloom: Yon floating, thin translucent mist, Pierced through and through with living gold, Makes lovelier what it half enshrouds: And you in distant skies behold The self-same sun, but other clouds. Trim English lowlands bloom for me; For you Alhambra's courts are bright; For both o'er earth, and sky, and sea, Through thought and passion, mind and heart, Still streams the same all glorious light; Earth's barriers keep us far apart, But we are one at heaven's height. | 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 A LETTER by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN |
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