Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери)

Night

A pale enchanted moon is sinking low
Behind the dunes that fringe the shadowy lea, 
And there is haunted starlight on the flow
Of immemorial sea.

I am alone and need no more pretend
Laughter or smile to hide a hungry heart;
I walk with solitude as with a friend
Enfolded and apart.

We tread an eerie road across the moor
Where shadows weave upon their ghostly looms,
And winds sing an old lyric that might lure
Sad queens from ancient tombs.

I am a sister to the loveliness
Of cool far hill and long-remembered shore,
Finding in it a sweet forgetfulness
Of all that hurt before.

The world of day, its bitterness and cark,
No longer have the power to make me weep;
I welcome this communion of the dark
As toilers welcome sleep.

1. Shore Twilight
2. When the Fishing Boats Go Out
3. The Wood Pool
4. For Little Things
5. In the Days of the Golden Rod

Walter De la Mare (Уолтер Де ла Мар) Night ("All from the light of the sweet moon")

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