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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUGUST NIGHT, by SARAH MIDDLETON SIMPSON
First Line: Whoever once has lain
Last Line: He will never fear to die.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: Whoever once has lain
Last Line: He will never fear to die.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
Whoever once has lain
Through all an August night
Upon the warm brown earth
When no moon spreads a light
On fields that have been seared
By blazing sun all day
And darkness gives to them
The stars and Milky Way --
Whoever once has loved
The hard caress of grass
Upon his outflung arm
And watched great Cygnus pass
Above his wondering eyes --
He will never fear to lie
Throughout the longer night.
He will never fear to die.
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