Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. V. Browning to Rupert Brooke
Robert Louis Stevenson (18501894)North-west Passage: 1. Good Night
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The sunless hours again begin;
O’er all without, in field and lane,
The haunted night returns again.
About the firelit hearth; and see
Our faces painted as we pass,
Like pictures, on the window-glass.
Let us arise and go like men,
And face with an undaunted tread
The long black passage up to bed.
O pleasant party round the fire!
The songs you sing, the tales you tell,
Till far to-morrow, fare ye well!