E. J. Pratt Night Poems

• 1. The Supreme Test
  Now it was clear to every Shade
  That some great wonder was before them,
  As Tom upon the palisade
  Emptied, as fast as Lulu bore them,
  ...
• 2. The Sea-cat
  It's not for us to understand
  How life on earth began to be,
  How forms that lived within the sea
  Should leave the water for the land;
  ...
• 3. The Return Of The Cat
  Time-morning
  
  A half-point Nor'ard from the West,
  A bluish-tinted spot of light,
  ...
• 4. The Midnight Revels As Observed By The Shades
  ‘The witches' device for the equitable distribution
  of the liquor consisted in the construction
  of tens of thousands of stopcocks and bungs
  which were fitted into the perforations of the
  ...
• 5. The Ice-floes
  Dawn from the Foretop! Dawn from the Barrel!
  A scurry of feet with a roar overhead;
  The master-watch wildly pointing to Northward,
  Where the herd in front of The Eagle was spread!
  ...
• 6. The Flight Of The Immortals
  Close to the dunnest hour of night,
  Sniffing the odour of the brew,
  Their bat-wings oiled for water flight,
  The Devil and his legions flew,
  ...
• 7. The Drowning
  The rust of hours,
  Through a year of days,
  Has dulled the edge of the pain;
  But at night
  ...
• 8. Newfoundland
  Here the tides flow,
  And here they ebb;
  Not with that dull, unsinewed tread of waters
  Held under bonds to move
  ...
• 9. Defensive Measures
  According to the witches' plan,
  All life whose blood did not run true
  Must be excluded from the brew;
  Each earthly thing from snail to man,
  ...

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