| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | The Night | | By Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) |
| | | MOST Holy Night, that still dost keep | |
| The keys of all the doors of sleep, | |
| To me when my tired eyelids close | |
| Give thou repose. | |
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| And let the far lament of them | 5 |
| That chaunt the dead day’s requiem | |
| Make in my ears, who wakeful lie, | |
| Soft lullaby. | |
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| Let them that guard the hornèd Moon | |
| By my bedside their memories croon. | 10 |
| So shall I have new dreams and blest | |
| In my brief rest. | |
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| Fold thy great wings about my face, | |
| Hide day-dawn from my resting-place, | |
| And cheat me with thy false delight, | 15 |
| Most Holy Night. | | | | |
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