Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AT NOON - AND MIDNIGHT, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Far in the night, and yet no rest for him!
Last Line: For god was with him, and he laid his face with hers and wept.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): God; Noon; Sleep


FAR in the night, and yet no rest for him! The pillow next his own
The wife's sweet face in slumber pressed -- yet he awake -- alone! alone!
In vain he courted sleep; -- one thought would ever in his heart arise, --
The harsh words that at noon had brought the tear-drops to her eyes.

Slowly on lifted arm he raised and listened. All was still as death;
He touched her forehead as he gazed, and listened yet, with bated breath:
Still silently, as though he prayed, his lips moved lightly as she slept --
For God was with him, and he laid his face with hers and wept.





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