~Night~

A Poem By L.M. Montgomery

A pale enchanted moon is sinking low
   Behind the dunes that fringe the shadowly lea,
And there is haunted starlight on the flow
   Of immemorial sea.

I am alone and need no more pretend
   Laughter or smile to hide a hungry heart;
I walk with solitude as with a friend
   Enfolded and apart.

We tread an eerie road across the moor
   Where shadows weave upon their ghostly looms,
And winds sing an old lyric that might lure
   Sad queens from ancient tombs.

I am a sister to the loveliness
   Of cool far hill and long-remembered shore,
Finding in it a sweet forgetfulness
   Of all that hurt before.

The world of day, its bitterness and cark,
   No longer have the power to make me weep;
I welcome this communion of the dark
   As toilers welcome sleep.

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