This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Bio: Sarah Kane was an English playwright. Her plays deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture both physical and psychological and death.
