A Night-Piece, poem by William Wordsworth:

A Night-Piece

Poem by William Wordsworth.

The sky is overcast
With a continuous cloud of texture close,
Heavy and wan, all whitened by the Moon,
Which through that veil is indistinctly seen,
A dull, contracted circle, yielding light
So feebly spread, that not a shadow falls,
Chequering the ground – from rock, plant, tree, or tower.
At length a pleasant instantaneous gleam
Startles the pensive traveller while he treads
His lonesome path, with unobserving eye
Bent earthwards; he looks up – the clouds are split
Asunder, – and above his head he sees
The clear Moon, and the glory of the heavens.
There, in a black-blue vault she sails along,
Followed by multitudes of stars, that, small
And sharp, and bright, along the dark abyss
Drive as she drives: how fast they wheel away,
Yet vanish not! – the wind is in the tree,
But they are silent; – still they roll along
Immeasurably distant; and the vault,
Built round by those white clouds, enormous clouds,
Still deepens its unfathomable depth.
At length the Vision closes; and the mind,
Not undisturbed by the delight it feels,
Which slowly settles into peaceful calm,
Is left to muse upon the solemn scene.

Recommended reading:

William Wordsworth Selected Poems

Video by Jack Kost.
2025.

Photograph:

Night Light (2023), by Jack Kost.

Sound effect credit:

Wind Gusts Late Autumn

by freesound_community
from Pixabay.

On this day in music history: Vessel of Light, by Helen Jane Long (2020):

Vessel of Light

Album by Helen Jane Long,

released February 19, 2020.

Track list:

Signs of Life; Sequoia; Propel; Solus; Order; Life Is; Ravelled; Instincts; Collision; Symmetry; Quiet Voice; Living With Hope.

On this day in music history - Color Me Home, by Darlene Koldenhoven (2017):

Color Me Home

Album by Darlene Koldenhoven,
released February 19, 2017.

Track list:

First Light; The Pleasure of the Mourning Dove; Kalahari Calls, Song of the Swans; Eternal Love’s Song; Indian Summer; Embracing This Moment; Ode to Our Orb; Until; Open Skies; Color Me Home.

On this day in music history - Celtic Fairy Lullaby, by 2002 (2016):

Celtic Fairy Lullaby

Album by 2002,

released February 19, 2016.

Track list:

Seoithín Seo HÓ (Hushaby, Hush) / Gartan Mother's Lullaby; Cariad; BÍ Thusa 'Mo Shúile (Be Thou My Vision); Away from the Roll of the Sea; Éamonn An Chnoic (Ned of the Hills); HÓ Bha in (Sleep My Child); Bánchnoic Éireann Ó (The Fair Hills of Ireland); Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night); Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Darling); My Singing Bird; Buachaill ÓN Éirne (Boy from the River Erne); Thugamar Féin An Samhradh Linn (We Brought the Summer with Us).

On this day in music history - On Water, by Amy Lauren (2013):

On Water

Album by Amy Lauren,

released February 19, 2013.

Track list:

Cedar Rush; Gales of Indigo; Dragonfly Blue; Native Peace; The Vineyard; North Shore; The Field Dancer; Tahquamenon; On Water; Takoda; Fire and Flint; Tannin Falls; Carry This Soul.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013):

Justified

Season 4. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Money Trap.

Released February 19, 2013.

Directed by Don Kurt.

Written by Graham Yost, Chris Provenzano, Chris Provenzano, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Ron Eldard, Sam Anderson, David Andrews, Chris Chalk, Kevin Daniels, Michael Gladis, Shelley Hennig, Brian Howe, David Meunier, Robin Riker, Aja Evans, Ned Bellamy, Grainger Hines, Clayton Rohner, Raymond J. Barry, Cathy Baron, Mel Fair, Nick Hoffa, Melanie McComb, Rocky McMurray, Ted Mattison, Bradley Snedeker, Joe Stevens, Joe Davis, Brent Schneiders, Miles J.D. Vedder.

On this day in movie history - Shutter Island (2010):

Shutter Island

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Laeta Kalogridis,

based on the novel by Dennis Lehane,

was released in the United States on February 19, 2010.

Cast:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley, John Carroll Lynch, Ted Levine, Elias Koteas, Ruby Jerins, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Denham.