AFTER midnight, in the dark The clock strikes one, New day has begun. Look up and hark! With singing heart forestall the carolling lark. After mid-day, in the light The clock strikes one, Day-fall has begun. Cast up, set right The day's account against the oncoming night. After noon and night, one day For ever one Ends not, once begun. Whither away, O brothers and O sisters? Pause and pray. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN EPITAPH by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE A BABY ASLEEP AFTER PAIN by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE THE LADDER OF SAINT AUGUSTINE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW KNOWLEDGE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE WINGLESS VICTORY by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. |