Day is dying! Float, o song, <br />Down the westward river, <br />Requiem chanting to the Day, <br />Day, the mighty giver! <br /> <br />Pierced by shafts of Time he bleeds, <br />Melted rubies sending <br />Through the river and the sky, <br />Earth and heaven blending. <br /> <br />All the long-drawn earthy banks <br />Up to cloudland lifting: <br />Slow between them drifts the swan <br />'Twixt two heavens drifting, <br /> <br />Wings half open like a flower. <br />In by deeper flushing, <br />Neck and breast as virgin's pure <br />Virgin proudly blushing. <br /> <br />Day is dying! Float, o swan, <br />Down the ruby river, <br />Follow, song, in requiem <br />To the mighty Giver!<br /><br />George Eliot<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/day-is-dying/
