The wild winds weep,
And the night is a-cold;
Come hither, Sleep,
And my griefs enfold!…
But lo! the morning peeps
Over the eastern steeps,
And the rustling birds of dawn
The earth do scorn.
Lo! to the vault
Of paved heaven,
With sorrow fraught,
My notes are driven;
They strike the ear of Night,
Make weep the eyes of Day;
They make mad the roaring winds,
And with tempests play.
Like a fiend in a cloud,
With howling woe
After night I do crowd
And with night will go;
I turn my back to the east,
From whence comforts have increased;
For light doth seize my brain
With frantic pain.
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