Summer Night by Alfred Lord Tennyson
b'Tennyson read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nSummer Night \\n\\nby Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 \\u2013 1892) \\n\\nNow sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; \\nNor waves the cypress in the palace walk; \\nNor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font: \\nThe firefly wakens: waken thou with me. \\n \\nNow droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost, \\nAnd like a ghost she glimmers on to me. \\n \\nNow lies the Earth all Dana\\xeb to the stars, \\nAnd all thy heart lies open unto me. \\n \\nNow slides the silent meteor on, and leaves \\nA shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. \\n \\nNow folds the lily all her sweetness up, \\nAnd slips into the bosom of the lake: \\nSo fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip \\nInto my bosom and be lost in me.\\n\\nComments \\nFor more readings of Tennyson on Classic Poetry Aloud, visit:\\nhttp://classicpoetryaloud.wordpress.com/category/alfred-lord-tennyson/'