Flower-de-luce: To-morrow
Flower-de-luce: To-morrow - meaning Summary
Anticipation of an Uncertain Future
A speaker wakes late at night and senses the coming day as a mysterious visitor. Sounds—clocks, roosters, an opening door—announce To-morrow, which warns against mistaking illusion for lasting joy by invoking Barmecide. The speaker responds with quiet resignation: he will not demand certainty or presume happiness, trusting that God has already ordained what will happen. The poem explores anticipation, humility before the unknown, and faith in providence.
Read Complete Analyses'Tis late at night, and in the realm of sleep My little lambs are folded like the flocks; From room to room I hear the wakeful clocks Challenge the passing hour, like guards that keep Their solitary watch on tower and steep; Far off I hear the crowing of the cocks, And through the opening door that time unlocks Feel the fresh breathing of To-morrow creep. To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest, Who cries to me: 'Remember Barmecide, And tremble to be happy with the rest.' And I make answer: 'I am satisfied; I dare not ask; I know not what is best; God hath already said what shall betide.'
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