Night

NIGHT. Deep in the starry silence of the night Breathes low the mystery of Life and Death, While o'er the darkened waters wandereth A voiceless spirit, veiled from mortal sight. Upheld, enfolded in the encircling height Of heaven, the hushed Earth softly draws her breath. And in the holy stillness listeneth To sweeping wings of far-off worlds in flight. Beauty ascends in elemental prayer: Lifted in worship, lost in wonderment, I join in Nature's night antiphony That vibrates in the calm and sentient air; And through the veil of darkness am content To touch the garment of Eternity. Selected.