Living

Night (Heart-hidden from the outer things I rose)

by George William Russell (A.E.) 1867–1935

From By Still Waters (1906)

Living

Heart-hidden from the outer things I rose;
The spirit woke anew in nightly birth
Unto the vastness where forever glows
The star-soul of the earth.

There all alone in primal ecstasy,
Within her depths where revels never tire,
The Olden Beauty shines: each thought of me
Is veined through with its fire.

And all my thoughts are throngs of living souls;
They breathe in me, heart unto heart allied;
Their joy undimmed, though when the morning tolls
The planets may divide.

MLA

George William Russell (A.E.). “Night (Heart-hidden from the outer things I rose).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/russell_ge/67/.

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George William Russell (A.E.). “Night (Heart-hidden from the outer things I rose).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/russell_ge/67/.

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