Day and NIght

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h2> Day and Night </h2> <p> Through my heart's palace Thoughts unnumbered throng;<br/> And there, most quiet and, as a child, most wise,<br/> High-throned you sit, and gracious. All day long<br/> Great Hopes gold-armoured, jester Fantasies,<br/> And pilgrim Dreams, and little beggar Sighs,<br/> Bow to your benediction, go their way.<br/> And the grave jewelled courtier Memories<br/> Worship and love and tend you, all the day.<br/> <br/> But when I sleep, and all my thoughts go straying,<br/> When the high session of the day is ended,<br/> And darkness comes; then, with the waning light,<br/> By lilied maidens on your way attended,<br/> Proud from the wonted throne, superbly swaying,<br/> You, like a queen, pass out into the night.<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />