A WHITE NIGHT.THE yellow moon across the cloudsThat shiver in the sky;White, hurrying travellers, the clouds,And, white and aching cold on high,Stars in the sky.Whiter, along the frozen earth,The miracle of snow;Close covered as for sleep, the earthLies, mutely slumbering belowIts shroud of snow.Sleepless I wander in the night,And, wandering, watch for day;Earth sleeps, yet, high in heaven, the nightAwakens, faint and far away,A phantom day.
THE yellow moon across the cloudsThat shiver in the sky;White, hurrying travellers, the clouds,And, white and aching cold on high,Stars in the sky.
Whiter, along the frozen earth,The miracle of snow;Close covered as for sleep, the earthLies, mutely slumbering belowIts shroud of snow.
Sleepless I wander in the night,And, wandering, watch for day;Earth sleeps, yet, high in heaven, the nightAwakens, faint and far away,A phantom day.