Ogni van chiuso.
All hollow vaults and dungeons sealed from sight,
All caverns circumscribed with roof and wall,
Defend dark Night, though noon around her fall,
From the fierce play of solar day-beams bright.
But if she be assailed by fire or light,
Her powers divine are nought; they tremble all
Before things far more vile and trivial--
Even a glow-worm can confound their might.
The earth that lies bare to the sun, and breeds
A thousand germs that burgeon and decay--
This earth is wounded by the ploughman's share:
But only darkness serves for human seeds;
Night therefore is more sacred far than day,
Since man excels all fruits however fair.
Sacred Night
Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
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Poem topics: dark, fire, light, sun, human, play, bright, wall, roof, share, divine, fierce, night, earth, Valentine's Day, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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