Evening Star, Edgar Allan Poe: Summary, Analysis & Themes
"Evening Star" is a lyric poem by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in his early collection Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827. The poem features a stargazer who perceives most stars as distant and cold, except for one, the "Proud Evening Star," which stands out due to its warm and inviting glow. Poe was influenced by Thomas Moore’s poem "While Gazing on the Moon’s Light" in crafting this work. Despite its initial appearance in Poe's first collection, "Evening Star" was not included in his second collection, Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems , and was not reprinted during his lifetime. In 1993, the poem was adapted by choral composer Jonathan Adams into a musical composition titled Three Songs from Edgar Allan Poe .
"Evening Star" Poem Text by Edgar Allan Poe
‘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 He…