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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEPTEMBER DARK, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The air falls chill Last Line: O dews, weep on uncomforted! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Katydids; Night; September; Bedtime | |||
I THE air falls chill; The whippoorwill Pipes lonesomely behind the hill: The dusk grows dense, The silence tense; And, lo, the katydids commence. II Through shadowy rifts Of woodland, lifts The low, slow moon, and upward drifts, While left and right The fireflies' light Swirls eddying in the skirts of Night. III O Cloudland, gray And level, lay Thy mists across the face of Day! At foot and head, Above the dead, O Dews, weep on uncomforted! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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