Nature
Late, O miller
From New Poems (1918)
Nature
LATE, O miller,
The birds are silent,
The darkness falls.
In the house the lights are lighted.
See, in the valley they twinkle,
The lights of home.
Late, O lovers,
The night is at hand;
Silence and darkness
Clothe the land.
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MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Late, O miller.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/247/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Late, O miller.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/247/.
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