Lo! in the painted oriel of the West,
Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines,
Like a fair lady at her casement, shines
The evening star, the star of love and rest!
And then anon she doth herself divest
Of all her radiant garments, and reclines
Behind the sombre screen of yonder pines,
With slumber and soft dreams of love oppressed.
O my beloved, my sweet Hesperus!
My morning and my evening star of love!
My best and gentlest lady! even thus,
As that fair planet in the sky above,
Dost thou retire unto thy rest at night,
And from thy darkened window fades the light.
The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems 1845
- Carillon
- The Belfry of Bruges
- A Gleam of Sunshine
- The Arsenal at Springfield
- Nuremberg
- The Norman Baron
- Rain in Summer
- To A Child
- The Occultation of Orion
- The Bridge
- To The Driving Cloud
- The Day is Done
- Afternoon in February
- To An Old Danish Songbook
- Walter von der Vogelweid
- Drinking Song
- The Old Clock on the Stairs
- The Arrow and the Song