Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Oceanica: Vol. XXXI. 1876–79. | | | | Miscellaneous: Seas of the Tropics | | Tropical Night | | Epes Sargent (1813–1880) |
| | | BUT oh, the night,—the cool, luxurious night, | |
| Which closes round us when the day grows dim, | |
| And the sun sinks from his meridian height | |
| Behind the ocean’s occidental rim! | |
| Clouds in thin streaks of purple, green, and red, | 5 |
| Lattice his dying glory, and absorb— | |
| Hung o’er his couch—the rallying lustre shed, | |
| Like love’s last tender glances, from his orb. | |
| And now the moon, her lids unclosing, deigns | |
| To smile serenely on the charméd sea, | 10 |
| That shines as if inlaid with lightning-chains, | |
| From which it faintly struggled to be free. | |
| Swan-like, with motion unperceived, we glide, | |
| Touched by the downy breeze, and favored by the tide. | | | | |
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