| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 53. Night |
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| BURNING our hearts out with longing | |
| The daylight passed: | |
| Millions and millions together, | |
| The stars at last! | |
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| Purple the woods where the dewdrops, | 5 |
| Pearly and grey, | |
| Wash in the cool from our faces | |
| The flame of day. | |
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| Glory and shadow grow one in | |
| The hazel wood: | 10 |
| Laughter and peace in the stillness | |
| Together brood. | |
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| Hopes all unearthly are thronging | |
| In hearts of earth: | |
| Tongues of the starlight are calling | 15 |
| Our souls to birth. | |
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| Down from the heaven its secrets | |
| Drop one by one; | |
| Where time is for ever beginning | |
| And time is done. | 20 |
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| There light eternal is over | |
| Chaos and night: | |
| Singing with dawn lips for ever, | |
| “Let there be light!” | |
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| There too for ever in twilight | 25 |
| Time slips away, | |
| Closing in darkness and rapture | |
| Its awful day. | |
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