Night- when light winds blow

Night- when trailing clouds

Across the moon blot out

The sight ; when shadows whisper low;

Night - when fairies come

To dance across the grass.

Night - when darkness

Covers secret deeds; and phantom shapes

Concealed in shadows, pass,

To and fro

The tall firs away in silence

And in mystery.

Night - when o'er the darkened vault

Of sky, the witches go.

Night - when blackness settles

O'er the earth - shuts out the near

And dear things, and at once

Dismays and pleases

Brings delight and fear;

Night - when common sounds

Are fearful things; when voices

Come from space, and light

Confounds the eye

Grown used to darkness

And the stars. Night!