God's is the Night by Marie Van Vorst
“God’s is the Night” is a brief nocturnal meditation addressed to a friend at bedtime. The speaker urges the friend to sleep, affirming that love rules the world and perceives no evil. Beneath the image of heaven’s lamps swinging in the blue sky, the poem acknowledges the helplessness of thought and care during the long darkness: even love cannot fully protect those it cherishes. Yet the speaker reaches a consoling conclusion that all is right because the darkness belongs to God, and closes again with “Good night.”
By Marie Van Vorst · First published 1907 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Religious Poetry, Devotional Poetry · 123 words
First lines
Good night, -- Love rules the world, -- Sleep you! -- / There is no evil in Love's sight. / See how heaven's lamps swing in the blue, -- / Good night! / Oh what avails the futile flight / Of thought to bless the long dark through? / _Deep is the darkness_, and, despite / Of Love, our care is frail to do / For those we love: but all is right, / _God's is the darkness_; friend, to you -- / Good night!
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Marie Van Vorst
- Date: 1907 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Religious Poetry, Devotional Poetry, Night Poem, Love Poetry
- Length: 123 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The work is a short, musical verse centered on an intimate emotional utterance, using repetition, rhythm, and compressed imagery rather than narrative development.
- Religious Poetry — Its concluding assertion, "God's is the darkness," frames nighttime, human helplessness, and reassurance within an explicitly spiritual and theistic outlook.
- Devotional Poetry — The speaker meditates on divine care, love, mortality, and surrender to God's order, giving the poem the character of a quiet devotional reflection.
- Night Poem — Night, sleep, darkness, stars, and the act of saying good night are its dominant setting, imagery, and structural motifs.
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