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Hymn to the Night

This poem is Longfellow's tribute to the consolation that night and peace
can bring. He personifies Night, portraying her as a goddess, clad in black
skirts "fringed with light," bending over us lovingly and laying her
"finger on the lips of care." The calm of night can help us to bear the
sorrows that come to all of us, bringing us rest and a welcome release from
stress. The poet invokes this goddess of peace, praying to her to descend
upon him with solace.

Orestes, cited in the last stanza, is a character from the Greek legends of
the Trojan War and its aftermath. Orestes' father, Agamemnon, was an
important Greek leader who was away for 10 years fighting the war, and then
was murdered upon his return by his own wife, Clytemnestra, who had taken a
lover during his absence. Orestes avenged his father's death by killing his
mother and her lover, and for this, he was pursued and tormented endlessly
by the Furies until finally Appollo rescued him from their torture and
granted his anguished prayer for peace.

Leonard Wilson from United States

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Poet: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poem: 2. Hymn to the Night
Volume: Voices of the Night
Added: Feb 1 2004
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Poem of the Day: Jul 21 2000


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