Nuit

Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)



The all upholding,
The all enfolding,
The all beholding,
Most secret Night;
From whose abysses,
With wordless blisses,
The Sun's first kisses,
Called gods to light.

One god undying,
But multiplying,
Restlessly trying,
Doing: undone.
Through myriad changes,
He sweeps and ranges;
But life estranges
Many in one.

In wild commotion,
Out of the ocean,
With moan and motion,
Wave upon waves,
Mingling in thunder,
Rise and go under:
Break, life, asunder;
Night has her graves.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AAABCCCB AAADCCCD DDDCEEEC
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 478
Words 78
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8

Mathilde Blind

Mathilde Blind, was a German-born British poet. Her work was praised by Matthew Arnold and French politician and historian Louis Blanc. more…

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