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Sara Teasedale: Deep in the Night

Deep in the NightDeep in the night the cry of a swallow, Under the stars he flew, Keen as pain was his call to follow Over the world to you.Love in my heart is a cry forever Lost as…

Sara Teasedale: May Night

May NightThe spring is fresh and fearless And every leaf is new, The world is brimmed with moonlight, The lilac brimmed with dew.Here in the moving shadows I catch my breath and sing…

Sara Teasedale: Night in Arizona

Night in ArizonaThe moon is a charring ember Dying into the dark;Off in the crouching mountains Coyotes bark.The stars are heavy in heaven, Too great for the sky to hold— What if…

Sara Teasedale: Spring Night

Spring NightThe park is filled with night and fog, The veils are drawn about the world, The drowsy lights along the paths Are dim and pearled.Gold and gleaming the empty streets,…

Christina Rossetti: Last Night

Last NightMay 1865Where were you last night? I watched at the gate; I went down early, I stayed down late. Were you snug at home, I should like to know, Or were you in the coppice wheedling…

Christina Rossetti: Twilight Night

Twilight NightMarch 1866IWe met, hand to hand, We clasped hands close and fast, As close as oak and ivy stand; But it is past: Come day, come night, day comes at last.We loosed hand…

I Sleep Not Day nor Night

I Sleep Not Day nor NightInterea Insomnes Noctes Ego Duco, DiesqueMeditationJohn Donne NATURAL men have conceived a twofold use of sleep; that it is a refreshing of the body in this life;…

Poem: Rhapsody on a Windy Night

Poem 15 Poem 17 Rhapsody on a Windy Night Twelve o'clock. Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis, Whispering lunar incantations Disolve the floors of memory And all its…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Night

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dirge for the YearTimeTo Night Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. There is a transcript in the Harvard manuscript book. 1. Swiftly walk o'er the…

Brewer's: Fly-by-night

(A). One who defrauds his creditors by decamping at night-time. (See Fly.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fly in One's FaceFly a Kite A B C D E F G H…