The orient is all molten with the light

Of a perfected moon, and in the west

The deep blue tints look cool, and every star

Is drawn distinctly on the sheet of heaven.

The winds are wholly still, and as we pass,

Breaking the shadows of the many trees

That sleep upon the margin, or go in

Among the graceful windings of the stream,

We seem like wizards, turning into waves

The very sky—it sleeps so perfectly.