A Song of the Night
With the dark setting close, a new magic descends, The moon floods the world with the light that it lends; And the starlight glistens on each dew-tipped leaf, Reflecting the dreams of the evening in brief.
The shadows stretch long as the silence surrounds, In the heart of the forest, where mystery bounds; O, what secrets lie hidden, with whispers so brave, In the hush of the night where the wild creatures wave.
With nature in slumber, against the cool breeze, I tread lightly onward, my spirit at ease, For the night speaks in beauty as dreams take their flight, In the softest embrace of a magical night.
Among the soft shadows where the crickets keep tune, And the world opens wide to the kiss of the moon; A rest from the chaos, a sweet lullaby, In Nature’s own cradle, beneath the dark sky.
- John Everett Millais