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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SERENADE, by EDWARD COATE PINKNEY Poet's Biography First Line: Look out upon the stars, my love Last Line: Of darker nights a day. Alternate Author Name(s): Pinkney, Edward Coote | |||
LOOK out upon the stars, my love, And shame them with thine eyes, On which, than on the lights above, There hang more destinies. Night's beauty is the harmony Of blending shades and light; Then, lady, up, -- look out, and be A sister to the night! Sleep not! thine image wakes for aye Within my watching breast: Sleep not! from her soft sleep should fly Who robs all hearts of rest. Nay, lady, from thy slumbers break, And make this darkness gay With looks, whose brightness well might make Of darker nights a day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VOTIVE SONG by EDWARD COATE PINKNEY THE OCTOROON by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON WHAT I LIVE FOR by GEORGE LINNAEUS BANKS THE BOATMAN OF KINSALE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE AGED STRANGER; AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR by FRANCIS BRET HARTE CARRION COMFORT by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 31 by PHILIP SIDNEY VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE SUDDEN DRYING UP..ST.PATRICK'S WELL by JONATHAN SWIFT |
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