"Acquainted With The Night" by Robert Frost (read by Tom O'Bedlam)

There's a reasonable analysis here:





"Salthouse Docks, Liverpool" and "Night-time" were both Victorian paintings by John Atkinson Grimshaw. I altered the last one a little to fit the format - here's the original:









I have been one acquainted with the night.

I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.

I have outwalked the furthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.

I have passed by the watchman on his beat

And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.



I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet

When far away an interrupted cry

Came over houses from another street,



But not to call me back or say good-bye;

And further still at an unearthly height,

O luminary clock against the sky



Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.

I have been one acquainted with the night.

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