Pardon Time
Give over now; forbear. The moonlight steepsIn silver silence towered castle-keepsAnd cottage crofts, where apples bend the bough.Peace guards us round, and many a tired heart sleeps.Let me brush back the shadow from your brow.Give over now.
On such a night, how sweet, how sweet is life,Even to the insect piper with his fife!And must your troubled face still bear the blightOf strength that runs itself to waste in strife?For love’s own heart should throb through all the lightOf such a night.