How Beautiful is the Night?

How beautiful is the Night?

And how little it supposes

At dusk its flowers come out

In beds of quiet and colourless roses

The moon goddess rises high and

An army of stars surround her

While the Earth is at bed

With a violet blanket around her

 

How giving is the night?

And how rich it is in bounty

Giving lovers a chance to meet

From city hall to rural county

To secret gardens they go

Their eyes black and rounded

Gently kissing and holding hands

To be left alone, unhounded

 

How peaceful is the night?

With its unmapped dark enclosure

Leaving the eyes to roam around

With no fear of overexposure

‘Tender is the night’

Say Keats and Fitzgerald

But too soon the morning comes

With its new light to herald

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A wise person can see the beauty in a night. Make it last and be worthwhile. I enjoyed your description of the romance and the beauty of the night and the great possibilities. Thank you for the amazing poem.
Coyote

[Mockingbird]

this is very pretty. it is soothing. it goes to show how we take all that for granted. great job.

[David Lewis Paget]

This is quite beautiful, Leigh. I'd add a comma after 'alone' in the last line of the second verse, otherwise magnificent.

[Marie]

A beautiful tribute to the night, which is as giving and as peaceful as you write of it...