When the shy star goes forth in heaven <br />All maidenly, disconsolate, <br />Hear you amid the drowsy even <br />One who is singing by your gate. <br />His song is softer than the dew <br />And he is come to visit you. <br /> <br />O bend no more in revery <br />When he at eventide is calling. <br />Nor muse: Who may this singer be <br />Whose song about my heart is falling? <br />Know you by this, the lover's chant, <br />'Tis I that am your visitant.<br /><br />James Joyce<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-the-shy-star-goes-forth-in-heaven/
