Night wove her web across the sun that died
In crimson colors; velvet-falling gloom
Hung curtain-wise, and, like some rich perfume,
Formed the soft essence of each wind that sighed.
Out of my casement through the dark, I spied
The moon afloat in tide of golden spume
Like some fair flower opening into bloom;
The earth lay dim; the Heavens starry-eyed;
And breezes softer than a maiden's breath
Hushed all the air. O night, how sweet thy charm!
Yet not thy moon, nor stars, nor wind, each one
Of these shall pass when we are changed by death—
But rather sleep, thou death-in-life, more warm
Yet not so sweet as sweet oblivion.
September 18, 1912. |
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