The Traveller’s Night Song I
The Traveller’s Night Song I - meaning Summary
Seeking Consoling Divine Peace
A speaker addresses a heavenly presence as a comforting, restorative power and asks for relief from earthly weariness. The poem contrasts life’s alternating joy and pain and presents a plea for renewal and inner calm. It frames peace as a restoring flood that can heal a spirit exhausted by suffering. The tone is urgent but intimate, focused on consolation rather than explanation or narrative.
Read Complete AnalysesYou who are from Heaven above Calming all our pain and sorrow, Him who’s spirit’s doubly hurt, Renewing, with a double measure. Oh, I’m weary of life’s urging! Why, now, all this joy and pain? Sweetest Peace, Flood: oh flood my heart again!
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