Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONE NIGHT, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One lily scented all the dark. It grew Last Line: And through the heavenly meadows fled away. Subject(s): Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
ONE lily scented all the dark. It grew Down the drenched walk a spike of ghostly white. Fine, sweet, sad noises thrilled the tender night, From insects couched on blades that dripped with dew. The road beyond, cleaving the great fields through, Echoed no footstep; like a streak of light, The gaunt and blossoming elder gleamed in sight. The boughs began to quake, and warm winds blew, And whirled a myriad petals down the air. An instant, peaked and black the old house stood; The next, its gables showed a tremulous gray, Then deepening gold; the next, the world lay bare! The moon slipped out the leash of the tall wood, And through the heavenly meadows fled away. | 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 CHRISTMAS FOLK-SONG by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE |
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