A Clear Midnight
By Walt Whitman
This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best. Night, sleep, death and the stars.
While you’re here, check out some of these other great classic poems.

O Captain! My Captain! By Walt Whitman
This famous Walt Whitman poem was immortalized in the movie The Dead Poets’ Society.

Fire And Ice, By Robert Frost
This is one of Robert Frost’s most popular poems. It was published in December 1920 in Harper’s Magazine and in 1923 in his Pulitzer Prize−winning book New Hampshire.

The Last Ride Together, By Robert Browning
Robert Browning’s tribute to his wife, poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, before her death in 1861.