Sidney Lanier

Sidney Lanier

Summary

Portrait of Sidney Lanier Sidney Lanier Night

I hear men begging Heaven to let them die:
And, drowning all, a wild-eyed woman’s cry.
So Night takes toll of Wisdom as of Sin.
The student’s and the drunkard’s cheek is thin:
But flesh is not the prize we strive to win.
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