Nature
The Starry Midnight Whispers
From Later Poems (1921)
Nature
The starry midnight whispers,
As I muse before the fire
On the ashes of ambition
And the embers of desire,
"Life has no other logic,
And time no other creed,
Than: 'I for joy will follow.
Where thou for love dost lead!'"
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MLA
Carman, Bliss. “The Starry Midnight Whispers.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/112/.
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Carman, Bliss. “The Starry Midnight Whispers.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/112/.
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