BEND low, O dusky Night, And give my spirit rest. Hold me to your deep breast, And put old cares to flight. Give back the lost delight That once my soul possest, When Love was loveliest. Bend low, O dusky Night! Enfold me in your arms -- The sole embrace I crave Until the embracing grave Shield me from life's alarms. I dare your subtlest charms; Your deepest spell I brave, -- O, strong to slay or save, Enfold me in your arms! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORIAL DAY by WILLIAM E. BROOKS GLADYS AND HER ISLAND; AN IMPERFECT TALE WITH DOUBTFUL MORAL by JEAN INGELOW ON SOMETHING THAT WALKS SOMEWHERE by BEN JONSON THE LAIRD O' COCKPEN by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE EVIL EASIER THAN GOOD by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE VISITOR by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |