The spacious Noon enfolds me with its peace-- The affluent Midsummer wraps me round-- So still the earth and air, that scarce a sound Affronts the silence, and the swift caprice Of one stray bird's lone call does but increase The sense of some compelling hush profound, Some spell by which the whole vast world is bound. Till star-crowned Night smile downward its release. I sit and dream--midway of the long day-- Midway of the glad year--midway of life-- My whole world seems, indeed, to hold its breath:-- For me the sun stands still upon his way-- The winds for one short hour remit their strife-- Then Day, and Year, and Life whirl on toward Death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG: THE STRICKEN DEER by THOMAS MOORE MOST LOVELY SHADE; FOR ALICE BOUVERIE by EDITH SITWELL REJECTED ADDRESSES: THE BABY'S DEBUT, BY W. W. by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839) THE ANNOYER by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS LOST THREADS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT INDWELLING by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN AURORA LEIGH: BOOK 8 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |