388. Out in the Dark by Edward Thomas
b'E Thomas read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\nOut in the Dark\\nby Edward Thomas (1878 \\u2013 1917) \\n\\nOut in the dark over the snow \\nThe fallow fawns invisible go \\nWith the fallow doe ; \\nAnd the winds blow \\nFast as the stars are slow.\\n \\nStealthily the dark haunts round \\nAnd, when the lamp goes, without sound \\nAt a swifter bound \\nThan the swiftest hound, \\nArrives, and all else is drowned ;\\n \\nAnd star and I and wind and deer, \\nAre in the dark together, - near, \\nYet far, - and fear \\nDrums on my ear \\nIn that sage company drear.\\n \\nHow weak and little is the light, \\nAll the universe of sight, \\nLove and delight, \\nBefore the might, \\nIf you love it not, of night.\\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 28 December 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008'