The Birthnight by Walter de la Mare

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend March 26, 2016   The Birthnight   Walter de la Mare

Dearest, it was a night That in its darkness rocked Orion’s stars; A sighing wind ran faintly white Along the willows, and the cedar boughs Laid their wide hands in stealthy peace across The starry silence of their antique moss: No sound save rushing air Cold, yet all sweet with Spring, And in thy mother’s arms, couched weeping there, Thou, lovely thing.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “The Birthnight” was published in de la Mare’s Collected Poems: 1901-1918, Vol. I (H. Holt and Company, 1920).   Walter de la Mare was born on April 25, 1873, in London. He is the author of numerous books, including The Listeners (Constable & Company, 1912) and The Veil and Other Poems (Constable & Company, 1921). He died on June 22, 1956. Poetry by de la Mare   Love (Faber & Faber, 2009) "Meeting at Night" by Robert Browning "The Enkindled Spring" by D. H. Lawrence "Song of the Trees" by Mary Colborne-Veel Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038