Classic Poem

Night! cool, enveloping, delicious,
Perfumed magical night of spring —
Fold your arms about my lover and me,
That we may hide in your sheltering darkness!

Night, radiant with many stars,
Sky, mother of pearl and azure,
Let your silence descend on my lover and me,
That we may dwell in sylvan quiet.

Night, fragrant with new grass and lilac,
Pool of endless shadows,
Bathe with joy my lover and me,
Till we swoon in the wreathed wavelets!

Night, cool, enveloping, delicious,
O mother of love, mistress of beauty,
Give of your darkness wherein we would perish,
Drunken with dreams, my lover and me...