That Night

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h2><SPAN name="That_Night" id="That_Night"></SPAN>That Night</h2> <p><span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">You and I, and that night,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">with its perfume and glory!&mdash;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">The scent of the locusts&mdash;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">the light of the moon;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">And the violin weaving the</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;"> waltzers a story,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Enmeshing their feet in the</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">weft of the tune,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Till their shadows uncertain,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Reeled round on the curtain,</span><br/> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[Pg 125]</SPAN></span><span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">While under the trellis we drank in the June.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Soaked through with the midnight, the cedars were sleeping.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3.5em;">Their shadowy tresses outlined in the bright</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Crystal, moon-smitten mists, where the fountain's heart leaping</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3.5em;">Forever, forever burst, full with delight;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 4.5em;">And its lisp on my spirit</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 4.5em;">Fell faint as that near it</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Whose love like a lily bloomed out in the night.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">O your glove was an odorous sachet of blisses!</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3.5em;">The breath of your fan was a breeze from Cathay!</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">And the rose at your throat was a nest of spi'led kisses!&mdash;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3.5em;">And the music!&mdash;in fancy I hear it to-day,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 4.5em;">As I sit here, confessing</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 4.5em;">Our secret, and blessing</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">My rival who found us, and waltzed you away.</span><br/> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[Pg 126]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />