Excerpt from The Night-Watch: An Argument

The Night-Watch.

The sun was down: and as the timid moon
Unveil'd her pale face to salute the night,
Two trav'llers, who had toil'd through the hot day,
Stretch'd side by side upon a bank of heath,
Breathed welcome to the cool and tranquil hour.

"Hail, gentle Night! than in thy mantle wrapp'st
The living world with all its toils and cares,
And nursest it to meet another day,
How gladly do we hide our weary heads
Under the broody shadow of thy breast,
And court oblivion! while the scene around
Has all put off its charm: the birds are mute,
The flowers are colourless, and this fair earth.
Man's rich inheritance, one joyless blank."

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