Classic Poem

1. O Love that lights the eastern sky And shrouds the evening rest;
2. O life, content beneath the blue! Or, if God will the gray,
From out whose hand the swallows fly, Within whose heart they nest!
Then tranquil yet, till light breaks through To melt the mist away!

3. O death that sails so close to shore
At twilight! From my gate
I scan the darkening sea once more,
And for its message wait.

4. What lies beyond the afterglow?
To life's new dawn how far?
As if an answer, spoken low,
Love lights the evening star.