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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A NIGHT PIECE, by FORD MADOX FORD Poet's Biography First Line: As I lay awake by my good wife's side Last Line: Above the hills. Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): Night; Singing & Singers; Bedtime; Songs | |||
AS I lay awake by my good wife's side, And heard the clock tick through a night in June, I thought of a song with a haunting tune; But the songs that betide, And the tunes that we hear in the ear when the June moon rides in the sky, Fade and die away with the coming of the day. And my haloed angels with golden wings, And the small sweet bells that rang in tune, And the strings that quivered above the quills, And all my mellow imaginings Faded and died away at the coming of the day With the gradual growth and spread of grey Above the hills. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY |
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