. From the heart of this dark, evacuated campusI can hear the library humming in the night,a choir of authors murmuring inside their booksalong the unlit, alphabetical shelves,Giovanni Pontano next to Pope, Dumas next to his son,each one stitched into his own private coat,together forming a low, gigantic chord of language. . Billy Collins, From Books

.

From the heart of this dark, evacuated campus
I can hear the library humming in the night,
a choir of authors murmuring inside their books
along the unlit, alphabetical shelves,
Giovanni Pontano next to Pope, Dumas next to his son,
each one stitched into his own private coat,
together forming a low, gigantic chord of language.

.

Billy Collins, From Books

233 notes
  1. claddaghheart21 reblogged this from amory-blaine
  2. amory-blaine reblogged this from spaces-faces-places
  3. raaaaaainbow reblogged this from justnorthofbeauty
  4. justnorthofbeauty reblogged this from dashingsharman
  5. afaustino7 reblogged this from whenroxidreams
  6. bessonovamilana reblogged this from noweveryonehatesme
  7. k-o-kot reblogged this from suchashenanigan
  8. tocatchamonsterwemakeamovie reblogged this from suchashenanigan
  9. pillarpilar reblogged this from suchashenanigan
  10. suchashenanigan reblogged this from zoeljohnston
  11. zoeljohnston reblogged this from meltinglife
  12. meltinglife reblogged this from shvipsik
  13. sunburnswag reblogged this from t-t-bonsworth
  14. tetrakilo reblogged this from artemisdreaming
  15. rrrylie reblogged this from experience-electric-ladyland
  16. vital-resistance reblogged this from experience-electric-ladyland
  17. lucynielzz reblogged this from experience-electric-ladyland
  18. catelloise reblogged this from experience-electric-ladyland
  19. weetiko reblogged this from shvipsik
  20. danikafun reblogged this from noweveryonehatesme
  21. maryamjessah reblogged this from thirdeyefantasy
  22. shvipsik reblogged this from noweveryonehatesme
  23. talesofthreebrothers reblogged this from thirdeyefantasy
  24. thirdeyefantasy reblogged this from experience-electric-ladyland
  25. them0therfuckingf0x reblogged this from noweveryonehatesme
  26. courtneyadele reblogged this from experience-electric-ladyland
  27. noweveryonehatesme reblogged this from experience-electric-ladyland
  28. sosimplepieceofme reblogged this from artemisdreaming
  29. iheartbees19 reblogged this from artemisdreaming
  30. cubicalcranium reblogged this from bibliophilia
  31. wayofawayfare reblogged this from silhouettesinsunsetsdm
  32. mywillacrosstheskyinstars reblogged this from becarefuloflove
  33. silhouettesinsunsetsdm reblogged this from becarefuloflove
  34. becarefuloflove reblogged this from bibliophilia
  35. bibliophilia reblogged this from becarefuloflove
  36. fearlessfourtris reblogged this from four--ever
  37. tarantallegra8 reblogged this from artemisdreaming