His day's hot task hath ended in the West;

The owl, night's herald, shrieks 'tis very late;

The sheep are gone to fold, birds to their nest

And coal-black clouds, that shadow heaven's light,

Do summon us to part and bid good-night.

And this morning, in Romeo and Juliet:

The grey-ey'd morn smiles on the frowning night,

Checkering the Eastern clouds with streaks of light.

And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels

From forth day's path and Titan's fiery wheels;