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Poem
April 24, 1850
Republican Herald
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
A reflective poem personifying Morn, Noon, and Night as callers representing life's stages: childhood play ignored, youthful love overlooked, and old age's end heeded too late, underscoring time's irreversibility.
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THE THREE CALLERS.
BY CHARLES WYANE
Morn calleth fondly to a fair boy straying
'Mid golden meadows, rich with clover dew :
She calls-but he still thinks of nought, save playing,
And so she smiles and waves him an adieu
Whilst he, still merry with his flowery store,
Deems not that Morn, sweet Morn! returns no more
Noon cometh-but the boy to manhood growing
Heeds not the time-he sees but one sweet form,
One young, fair face, from bower of jasmine glowing,
And all his loving heart with bliss is warm.
So Noon, unnotic'd, seeks the western shore,
And then forgetteth that Noon returns no more.
Night tappeth gently at a casement gleaming
With the thin fire light, flickering faint and low;
By which a gray-haired man is sadly dreaming
O'er pleasures gone-as all Life's pleasures go.
Night calls him to her-and he leaves his door,
Silent and dark-and he returns no more.
BY CHARLES WYANE
Morn calleth fondly to a fair boy straying
'Mid golden meadows, rich with clover dew :
She calls-but he still thinks of nought, save playing,
And so she smiles and waves him an adieu
Whilst he, still merry with his flowery store,
Deems not that Morn, sweet Morn! returns no more
Noon cometh-but the boy to manhood growing
Heeds not the time-he sees but one sweet form,
One young, fair face, from bower of jasmine glowing,
And all his loving heart with bliss is warm.
So Noon, unnotic'd, seeks the western shore,
And then forgetteth that Noon returns no more.
Night tappeth gently at a casement gleaming
With the thin fire light, flickering faint and low;
By which a gray-haired man is sadly dreaming
O'er pleasures gone-as all Life's pleasures go.
Night calls him to her-and he leaves his door,
Silent and dark-and he returns no more.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ballad
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Death Mourning
Love Courtship
What keywords are associated?
Life Stages
Time Passage
Morn Noon Night
Childhood Youth Old Age
Fleeting Time
What entities or persons were involved?
By Charles Wyane
Poem Details
Title
The Three Callers.
Author
By Charles Wyane
Form / Style
Rhymed Stanzas
Key Lines
Deems Not That Morn, Sweet Morn! Returns No More
And Then Forgetteth That Noon Returns No More.
Silent And Dark And He Returns No More.