Night, and the silence of the night, <br />In Venice; far away, a song; <br />As if the lyric water made <br />Itself a serenade; <br />As if the water's silence were a song <br />Sent up into the night. <br /> <br />Night, a more perfect day, <br />A day of shadows luminous, <br />Water and sky at one, at one with us; <br />As if the very peace of night, <br />The older peace than heaven or light, <br />Came down into the day.<br /><br />Arthur Symons<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alla-dogana/
