Aug. 5, 2008 - Night and Day - A Poem
I thought would all like to read some poetry. Hope you enjoy it!
Night and Day
Taken from A Child's Garden Of Verses
Taken from A Child's Garden Of Verses
When the golden day is done,
Through the closing portal,
Child and garden, flower and sun,
Vanish all things mortal.
As the blinding shadows fall,
As the rays diminish,
Under evening's cloak, they all
Roll away and vanish.
Garden darkened, daisy shut,
Child in bed, they slumber --
Glow-worm in the highway rut,
Mice among the lumber.
In the darkness houses shine,
Parents move with candles;
Till on all the night divine
Turns the bedroom handles.
Till at last the day begins
In the East a-breaking,
In the hedges and whins
Sleeping birds awaking.
In the darkness shapes of things,
Houses, trees, and hedges,
Clearer grow; and sparrows' wings
Beat on window ledges.
These shall wake the yawning maid;
She the door shall open--
Finding dew on the garden glade
And morning broken.
Through the closing portal,
Child and garden, flower and sun,
Vanish all things mortal.
As the blinding shadows fall,
As the rays diminish,
Under evening's cloak, they all
Roll away and vanish.
Garden darkened, daisy shut,
Child in bed, they slumber --
Glow-worm in the highway rut,
Mice among the lumber.
In the darkness houses shine,
Parents move with candles;
Till on all the night divine
Turns the bedroom handles.
Till at last the day begins
In the East a-breaking,
In the hedges and whins
Sleeping birds awaking.
In the darkness shapes of things,
Houses, trees, and hedges,
Clearer grow; and sparrows' wings
Beat on window ledges.
These shall wake the yawning maid;
She the door shall open--
Finding dew on the garden glade
And morning broken.
Your Authoress,
Elf Queen
