Should I long that dark were fair?
Say, O song!
Lacks my love aught, that I should long?

Dark the night, with breath all flow'rs
And tender broken voice that fills
With ravishment the listening hours:
Whisperings, wooings
Liquid ripples, and soft ring-dove cooings
In low-toned rhythm that love's aching stills
Dark the night
Yet is she bright
For in her dark she brings the mystic star
Trembling yet strong, as is the voice of love
From some unknown afar
O radiant dark! O darkly fostered ray!
Thou hast a joy too deep for shallow Day