Wild Nights – Wild Nights!
Emily Dickinson, 1891
Emily Dickinson's short poem of longing for a night with a lover, pictured as a boat come to harbour.
Wild nights! Wild nights!Were I with thee,Wild nights should beOur luxury!
Futile the windsTo a heart in port,—Done with the compass,Done with the chart.
Rowing in Eden!Ah! the sea!Might I but moorTo-night in thee!