The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Through the Shadows

Stoddard, Charles W. "Through the Shadows." New York Saturday Press, January 27, 1866, 52.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

Poem about the setting of the sun and the passing of the night, characterizing the sun as evil and the night as a soothing presence. Yet people rise in the morning "seeking the perfect day."