Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB AAA CCC DDD EEE AAA FFF G| Fair is the wedded reign of Night and Day | A |
| Each rules a half of earth with different sway | A |
| Exchanging kingdoms East and West alway | A |
| - | |
| Like the round pearl that Egypt drunk in wine | B |
| The sun half sinks i' the brimming rosy brine | B |
| The wild Night drinks all up how her eyes shine | B |
| - | |
| Now the swift sail of straining life is furled | A |
| And through the stillness of my soul is whirled | A |
| The throbbing of the hearts of half the world | A |
| - | |
| I hear the cries that follow Birth and Death | C |
| I hear huge Pestilence draw his vaporous breath | C |
| Beware prepare or else ye die he saith | C |
| - | |
| I hear a haggard student turn and sigh | D |
| I hear men begging Heaven to let them die | D |
| And drowning all a wild eyed woman's cry | D |
| - | |
| So Night takes toll of Wisdom as of Sin | E |
| The student's and the drunkard's cheek is thin | E |
| But flesh is not the prize we strive to win | E |
| - | |
| Now airy swarms of fluttering dreams descend | A |
| On souls like birds on trees and have no end | A |
| O God from vulture dreams my soul defend | A |
| - | |
| Let fall on Her a rose leaf rain of dreams | F |
| All passionate sweet as are the loving beams | F |
| Of starlight on the glimmering woods and streams | F |
| - | |
| - | |
| Montgomery Alabama April | G |
Sidney Lanier
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Night
Night is a poem by Sidney Lanier. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Night poem by Sidney Lanier
Best Poems of Sidney Lanier