II All Souls' Night! Forth from their dwelling places They cross the aching and uneasy night, Seeking old doors and dear remembered faces, Peering unseen in windows where a light Falls on some book they loved or on some chair Where they had rested many a night ago; And well for them if one dear face be there Whose unforgetting eyes they knew -- and know. Ah, well for them if in the quiet speech That passes round the low-burned candle flame, Some old familiar tale the listeners reach, And silence fall about a spoken name. -- Better their sleep in those dim dwelling places, For finding remembered and remembering faces. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MATE (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON ESCAPE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 41. LOVE REQUIRES NO ENTREATIES by PHILIP AYRES A SONG OF RICHES by KATHARINE LEE BATES MESSAGES by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE KITTY OF THE SHERRAGH VANE by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |