The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-29
~ cHIPLEY JONES.


p lot Of old I'I't' - -. -
gro had been lost IN tle hGTiy-ourly
. The past dtteen years however
.aov hadn't and among them was the
.~glal manuscript OF poeha Wlllch !
e., ms MIND D2 tno So -
september g. 81 tha' year
bestowed upon 'le caption :
TIE Ni56I'
And here 1t 49,
look t"rt0 <e spI',.S W. t4A0 -''e"'
And tell Us how IT wanes'
FIRST VOICE
The night Is calm ana S'aFFS' ana SUD-
line; ,-.. IT, .----. ,,,,..-.
40 heecy cloud rests III It's 81. snow Wy wings
la the inYls4o'7 ''"e' S,,...
Tac rising moon hlno'eS "er StlVFy
blaze 49, A
lrl at it the watch aos pays.
ON the lakes C11 0ts ,'sI'oa Sp an''a a.,
4 second sky a" IS 1uSiieu S"'e 'ie
h0Jt .,,,-.,
az a distant owl All - as'eep
save the l2N 'E'Fp'"s
hill
Beautiful is tho armament anu '1e
sky
SCANS but as shNs" aCte1n'
With tho stars RI Ie"'s 'l'eI en-
heaven Sol''s. H., j. .,.,..,,.,
Immeasur>ab'n sublime! Is the night:
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1Ho night is bleak ana cola ana oreary-
Tho skies s"T7fh their DFo"o eA-
Dan"es
Wlh drapcries OF CLOUD,
THE spirits Of the wind nave risen
ltd shriol through vale and DER the
to"ring pines
tempest
The owls boot has ceased, and the FOX
Hungry, has crept back into his lair
Ths lakes dark bosom seems as black
abyss,
Gasptng to destroy. The tempest
has arrived,
And Ike an enchanted demon newly
freed
Il sweeps down upon the Garth
Terrible. Awful! is the night!
Third Voice.
The night Is changed and varied
The tempcsts battle has rolled toward
East
And after 1t follow flakes OK clouds
Like the straSglers OF some great
army.
Boreas has spent his breath
In signs on the distant mis-
~
their brethren,
Peep down on an earth purified by
rain.
Now. in the West, the setting moon,
Breaking from its case OF vapor,
Battles the clouds with refulgent Gold'
And, streaming Ger the eaFth' IL
changes
Darkness into light, darkness Into glory.
Beautiful is the night!
It Is needless, I am sure since you've
read The Night" to mention that
when l wrote II, the ElgntcehIh 1AIhehu-
'uent hadn't yet been piacea upon lHe
Dalendar Of American peoples serious
consideration. And of course even
suggestion OF the NoISteau ACT Woulu
nave been accepted as an idle jest
That, however, isn't to say that l was
seeing things" when I wrote The
night; l wasn't altogether that 1ar
sake Of argument, that L wasn't quite
all there"
However, when awoke to a full reah-
zaton OF what had done ne; ! -TG ,oFas.t
d. single time since launched my bark
upon the tempestuouS' uhcHareeu seas
II poetic fancy.
NoF maze e., a.,Tto ((I,,,,t,, ~
~ O. patient, long suffering public IN
cher words, ever since its production
The Night. has remained among the
Unpublished MANUSCRIPTS OF tne ausn0r,
down through the cons Of time. but
.r the fact that The Boss, , 81 ms col
.mn, Politics, People' Ieisl.i'se' ny.
wWiug IN last MONDAY 1'Su0
formal seemed TO have been laborinS
ader the hallucination that l al" IN
poNe of writing in poetic a. Tetn' a3 of
'."T consuming li g.. ro liz unusual talent
rr rcrsAage,- anent what ne g, so s s[%o
.orsy describes as my pl e]5's ,, SIy'g
writing, etc, he says th s NE yitb sI Pn6
'asst upon my writing f Or WV" 49,. t FoT1
wing for which he very thoush't"''S
.naoFtzos to everybody VIZ
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