A Sleepless Night
Alfred Austin
1835 to 1913
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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And unto star star cadencing aright.
Hushed woods, dumb caves, and many a soundless mere,
Planet with punctual planet chiming clear,
I lay awake and listened. I could hear
With Arctic mains in rigid sleep locked tight.
And from its boundless prison-house I caught
A melancholy undertone was wrought;
And life through time's stops blowing variously,
The awful wail of lone Eternity.
But ever with this chant from shore and sea,
Nor these alone: cloistered from deafening sight,
All things that are, made music to my ear:
Within the hollow silence of the night
From singing constellation, humming thought,