{"id":268,"date":"2010-03-08T04:12:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T04:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=268"},"modified":"2017-07-11T04:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T04:51:57","slug":"nightpiece-by-james-joyce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/nightpiece-by-james-joyce\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightpiece by James Joyce"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>James Joyce (1882-1941)<\/p>\n

Nightpiece<\/p>\n

Gaunt in gloom,
\nThe pale stars their torches,
\nEnshrouded, wave.
\nGhostfires from heaven’s far verges faint illume,
\nArches on soaring arches,
\nNight’s sindark nave.<\/p>\n

Seraphim,
\nThe lost hosts awaken
\nTo service till
\nIn moonless gloom each lapses muted, dim,
\nRaised when she has and shaken
\nHer thurible.<\/p>\n

And long and loud,
\nTo night’s nave upsoaring,
\nA starknell tolls
\nAs the bleak incense surges, cloud on cloud,
\nVoidward from the adoring
\nWaste of souls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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