Out in the Dark
OUT in the dark over the snowThe fallow fawns invisible goWith the fallow doe;And the winds blowFast as the stars are slow.
Stealthily the dark haunts roundAnd, when a lamp goes, without soundAt a swifter boundThan the swiftest hound,Arrives, and all else is drowned;
And I and star and wind and deer,Are in the dark together,--near,Yet far,--and fearDrums on my earIn that sage company drear.
How weak and little is the light,All the universe of sight,Love and delight,Before the might,If you love it not, of night.
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