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That hour o' night's black arch the keystane.
That hour o' night's black arch the keystane.
It was evening here,
But upon earth the very noon of night.
It was evening here,
But upon earth the very noon of night.
Midnight, and yet no eye
Through all the Imperial City closed in sleep.
Midnight, and yet no eye
Through all the Imperial City closed in sleep.
Midnight! the outpost of advancing day!
The frontier town and citadel of night!
Midnight! the outpost of advancing day!
The frontier town and citadel of night!
O wild and wondrous midnight,
There is a might in thee
To make the charmed body
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O wild and wondrous midnight,
There is a might in thee
To make the charmed body
Almost like spirit be,
And give it some faint glimpses
Of immortality.
The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve.
Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time.
The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve.
Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time.
Midnight, yet not a nose
From Tower Hill to Piccadilly snored!
Midnight, yet not a nose
From Tower Hill to Piccadilly snored!
Is there not
A tongue in every star that talks with man,
And wooes him to be read more
Is there not
A tongue in every star that talks with man,
And wooes him to be wise? nor wooes in vain;
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
'Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon,
Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles,
Hangs read more
'Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon,
Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles,
Hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.
