Jayaraj Vyas

Hymn to the Moon : Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : : Moon Poems : :

Hymn To The Moon : : By Lady Mary Wortley Montague ( Written in July, in an arbour Thou silver deity of secret night, 1Direct my footsteps through the woodland shade; 2Thou conscious witness of unknown delight, 3The Lover’s guardian, and the Muse’s aid! 4By thy pale beams I solitary rove, 5To thee my tenderContinue reading “Hymn to the Moon : Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : : Moon Poems : :”

With how sad steps, O moon : From Astrophil and Stella : Sonnet ( 31 ) : : Sir Philip Sidney : : Moon Poems : :

how sad steps, O moon, thou climb’st the skies; 1 How silently, and with how wan a face. 2 What, may it be that even in heavenly place 3That busy archer his sharp arrows tries? 4Sure, if that long-with-love-acquainted eyes 5Can judge of love, thou feel’st a lover’s case; 6I read it in thy looks;Continue reading “With how sad steps, O moon : From Astrophil and Stella : Sonnet ( 31 ) : : Sir Philip Sidney : : Moon Poems : :”

To the Moon : Percy Bysshe Shelley : : Moon Poems : :

To The Moon : : By Percy Bysshe Shelley ( 1792 – 1822 ) : : : : And, like a dying lady lean and pale,Who totters forth, wrapp’d in a gauzy veil,Out of her chamber, led by the insaneAnd feeble wanderings of her fading brain,The moon arose up in the murky east,A white andContinue reading “To the Moon : Percy Bysshe Shelley : : Moon Poems : :”

Darkness Poems : By Various Poets : :

# * : : Storm Fear by Robert Frost : When the wind works against us in the dark,And pelts the snowThe lower chamber window on the east,And whispers with a sort of stifled bark,The beast,‘Come out! Come out!’—It costs no inward struggle not to go,Ah, no!I count our strength,Two and a child,Those of usContinue reading “Darkness Poems : By Various Poets : :”

Moonset : Carl Sandburg : : Darkness Poems : :

84. Moonset : By Carl Sandburg( 1878–1967 ) , Illinois : : Cornhuskers, 1918. : : : : LEAVES of poplars pick Japanese prints against the west. 1 Moon sand on the canal doubles the changing pictures. 2 The moon’s good-by ends pictures. 3 The west is empty. All else is empty. No moon-talk atContinue reading “Moonset : Carl Sandburg : : Darkness Poems : :”

I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Darkness Poems : :

I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day’By Gerard Manley Hopkins : (1844 – 1889) : : ::I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.What hours, O what black hours we have spentThis night! what sights you, heart, saw; ways you went!And more must, in yet longer light’s delay. With witnessContinue reading “I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Darkness Poems : :”

The Dark Forest : Edward Thomas : : Darkness Poems : :

The Dark Forest : : By Edward Thomas ( 1878-1917 ) London , England : : : : : : : Dark is the forest and deep, and overheadHang stars like seeds of light 2In vain, though not since they were sown was bredAnything more bright. 4 And evermore mighty multitudes rideAbout, nor enter in;Continue reading “The Dark Forest : Edward Thomas : : Darkness Poems : :”

Darkness : Joseph Campbell : : Darkness Poems : :

Darkness : : By Joseph Campbell : (1879-1944) Darkness.I stop to watch a star shine in the boghole –A star no longer, but a silver ribbon of light.I look at it, and pass on. The Dawn Whiteness : : By Joseph Campbell : ( 1879 – 1944 ) : : : : : : :Continue reading “Darkness : Joseph Campbell : : Darkness Poems : :”

Acquainted With The Night : Robert Frost : : Darkness Poems : :

Acquainted with the NightBY ROBERT FROSTI have been one acquainted with the night.I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane.I have passed by the watchman on his beatAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stoppedContinue reading “Acquainted With The Night : Robert Frost : : Darkness Poems : :”

We grow accustomed to the Dark : Emily Dickinson : : Darkness Poems : :

We Grow Accustomed To The Dark : : By Emily Dickinson : Amherst / Massachusett : : We grow accustomed to the Dark –When light is put away –As when the Neighbor holds the LampTo witness her Goodbye – A Moment – We uncertain stepFor newness of the night –Then – fit our Vision toContinue reading “We grow accustomed to the Dark : Emily Dickinson : : Darkness Poems : :”