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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SERENADE, by EDWARD COATE PINKNEY Poet's Biography First Line: Look out upon the stars, my love Last Line: Of darker nights a day. Alternate Author Name(s): Pinkney, Edward Coote | |||
LOOK out upon the stars, my love, And shame them with thine eyes, On which, than on the lights above, There hang more destinies. Night's beauty is the harmony Of blending shades and light; Then, lady, up, -- look out, and be A sister to the night! Sleep not! thine image wakes for aye Within my watching breast: Sleep not! from her soft sleep should fly Who robs all hearts of rest. Nay, lady, from thy slumbers break, And make this darkness gay With looks, whose brightness well might make Of darker nights a day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VOTIVE SONG by EDWARD COATE PINKNEY JANGLING MEMORY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THAT KIND OF POEM' by KAREN SWENSON GOOD-BYE DOROTHY GAYLE: THE ROAD TO BUFFALO by KAREN SWENSON A GIRL OF POMPEII by EDWARD SANDFORD MARTIN WILD SWANS by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY THE GOOD SAMARITAN by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD OUT OF THE SILENCE OF MY DREAMS by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |
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