To Night
Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792 to 1822
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Swiftly walk over the western wave,
Spirit of Night!
Out of the misty eastern cave,
Where all the ______ and lone daylight,
Thou wovest dreams of joy and fear,
Which make thee terrible and dear,—
Swift ______ thy flight!
Wrap thy form in a mantle gray,
Star-inwrought!
Blind with thine hair the eyes of Day;
______ her until she be wearied out,
Then wander o'er city, and sea, and land,
Touching all with thine opiate wand—
Come, long sought!
When I arose and saw ______ dawn,
I sigh'd for thee;
When light rode high, and the dew was gone,
And noon lay heavy ______ flower and tree,
And the weary Day turned to ______ rest,
Lingering like an unloved guest,
I sighed ______ thee.
Thy brother Death came, and cried,
Wouldst ______ me?
Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed,
Murmured like ______ noon-tide bee,
Shall I nestle near thy side?
Wouldst ______ me?—And I replied,
No, not thee!
Death ______ come when thou art dead,
Soon, too soon—
______ will come when thou art fled;
Of neither would ______ ask the boon
I ask of thee, belovèd Night—
______ be thine approaching flight,
Come soon, soon!