Growing and moving upward in a crowd,

And over it a space of watery blue

Which the keen evening star is shining through.

How beautiful this night! the balmiest sigh

Which vernal zephyrs breathe in evening’s ear

Were discord to the speaking quietude

That wraps this moveless scene. Heaven’s ebon vault

Studded with stars unutterably bright,

Through which the moon’s unclouded grandeur rolls,

Seems like a canopy that love has spread