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NIGHTFALL.
Do you forget my love and me,
As heaven forgets a banished star?
O for a whisper from your lips
My fear to crush,—my hope to crown!
Think of the harbor and the ships,
Beloved, when the night shuts down!
As heaven forgets a banished star?
O for a whisper from your lips
My fear to crush,—my hope to crown!
Think of the harbor and the ships,
Beloved, when the night shuts down!
The lonesome sea-bird soars and sails
In devious circles, as of old,—
A ship with white wings fades and fails
Into the far heaven, gray and cold,—
And dimness now the distance fills,—
The waves grow dark, the chill skies frown,—
Look toward these bleak and desolate hills,
Beloved, when the night shuts down!
In devious circles, as of old,—
A ship with white wings fades and fails
Into the far heaven, gray and cold,—
And dimness now the distance fills,—
The waves grow dark, the chill skies frown,—
Look toward these bleak and desolate hills,
Beloved, when the night shuts down!
