Night throws her silver tresses back,

And o’er the mountain-tops afar

She leaves a soft and moonlight track,

More glorious than the day-beams are;

And while she steers her moonlight barque

Along that starry river now,

Each leaf, each flower, each bending bough,

Starts into beauty from the dark;

Each path appears a silver line,

And naught in earth—but all divine.