192. A Summer Nocturne by Alys Hungerford. Murdoch, Walter, comp. 1918. The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse

Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918.

192. A Summer Nocturne

By Alys Hungerford


NIGHT gave to Thee thy shadowy hair,
The star-shine brightens in thine eyes,
The languid sweetness of the dusk
Pervades thy soft replies.

The mystery of summer night	5
Is in Thy lightest action shown,
Hinting of sweet and subtile things
Known but to Thee alone.

Thine arms are as a longed-for rest,
Coming when day is done;	10
To lie at peace upon Thy breast
Is shadow after sun.