Twas noontide of summer, And mid-time of night; And stars, in their orbits, Shone pale, thro' the light Of the brighter, cold moon, ' Mid planets her slaves, Herself in the Heavens, Her beam on the waves. I gazed awhile On her cold smile; Too cold—too cold for me- There pass'd, as a shroud, A fleecy cloud, And I turned away to thee, Proud Evening Star, In thy glory afar, And dearer thy beam shall be; For joy to my heart Is the proud part Thou bearest in Heaven at night, And more I admire Thy distant fire, Than that colder, lowly light. Edgar Allan Poe
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In the poem 'Twas noontide of summer, And mid-time of night,'(In which is written that in summer time people have a lot of things to do and in the middle of the night they like to stay in and watch the stars and the moon.) says that, there is a story behind this poem. It talks about a time when we were sleeping during the day and there was a bright full moon at night. It also says that we could see through its light. The next part says that there were several stars in our sky and they were shining even brighter than the moon.

Source: The Complete Poetry

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