Thomas Edward Brown Night Poems
- 1. Statio Secunda
Just listen to the blackbird, what a note
The creature has! God bless his happy throat!
He is so absolutely glad
I fear he will go mad.
... - 2. Ibant Obscuae
To-night I saw three maidens on the beach,
Dark-robed descending to the sea,
So slow, so silent of all speech,
And visible to me
... - 3. Old John
Old John, if I could sit with you a day
At Abram's feet upon the asphodel,
There, while the grand old patriarch dreamed away,
To you my life's whole progress I would tell;
... - 4. Vespers
O blackbird, what a boy you are!
How you do go it!
Blowing your bugle to that one sweet star -
How you do blow it!
... - 5. Disguises
High stretched upon the swinging yard,
I gather in the sheet;
But it is hard
And stiff, and one cries haste.
... - 6. Ibant Obscuræ
To-night I saw three maidens on the beach,
Dark-robed descending to the sea,
So slow, so silent of all speech,
And visible to me
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