'Mid the verdurous vales and thickets

Under the ghost of the moon;

And so dark is that vaulted purple,

Flowers in the forest rise

And toss into blossom 'gainst the phantom stars,

Pale in the noonday skies.

Sweet is the music of Arabia

In my heart, when out of dreams

I still in the thin clear mirk of dawn

Descry her gliding streams;