Long after Sun has gone to sleep for good- <br />The stream, it babbles, wind blows softly past, <br />The crickets play their quiet violins, <br />The moon gilds all the world with silver light <br />From heaven-stars and planets shimm'ring on <br />The stilling scene of boy and girl who speak <br />With flowing words entwining hearts and souls <br />Together and forever lifting both <br />Up to the stars to dance immortally <br />With gods and heros bold in tales renowned, <br />Descending in good time to dwell among <br />The naiads in their streams, to taste of drink <br />So rich, its like has ne'er been found by man, <br />Return to surface only for to hear <br />A music so profound it fills the air <br />With something real, with something you can feel <br />And never catch-that stirs the mind and heart, <br />And though the Sun wakes up to blind the Night- <br />The crickets die away, the stars will hide, <br />The moon takes back its silver for its own, <br />The naiads disappear into their beds, <br />The boy and girl still have each other near, <br />And in the other's eye they see the Night- <br />The glist'ning stars, the moon that shines so bright, <br />The naiad's drink, enchanted music sweet, <br />So long as Love holds true for boy and girl, <br />The Night will last, by Love immortal made.<br /><br />Daniel Nairn<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-night-21/
