In The Night How I Long Comments

Oh, how wonderful! The Poet-Seer, your preeminent persona, makes a cameo appearance. And there is no visible trace of suffering. As I have said before, whatever respite he is given or gives himself is fully deserved, considering his past services and sacrifices. But this poem belongs primarily to its speaker who places HASTINGS GARDEN for us in an urban area, specifically residential, and details of ordinary life abound even at night. This is truly a city park made for citizens' use, not some remote, restricted place. But it has an orphic charm in silencing the dogs who disrupt its peace. And its silence is part of the larger silence of the NIGHT itself.