Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NIGHT THOUGHTS, by BRYAN WALLER PROCTER


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First Line: Tis night - still night! The murmuring world lies still
Last Line: And wishes that know no rest!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cornwall, Barry; Proctor, Bryan Waller
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime


'TIS night -- still night! The murmuring world lies still!
All things which are lie still and whisper not;
The owl, the bat, the clock which strikes the hour
And summons forgetful man to think of heaven,
The midnight cricket on the ashy hearth,
Are quiet, dumb! Hope, Fear, lie drown'd in dreams;
And conscience, calmer than a baby's breath,
Murders the heart no more. Who goes? 'Tis naught,
Save the bird echo, who comes back to me
Afraid o' the silence. Love! art thou asleep?
Rose o' the night, on whom the soft dew lies,
Here come I, sweet, mocking the nightingale,
To sing of endless love, passionate pain,
And wishes that know no rest!





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