| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893. | | | | Appendix | II. Unacknowledged and Uncollected Translations.
The Stars |
| | By Martin Opitz
NIGHT comes stealing from the East, | |
| Frees from labor man and beast, | |
| Brings to all the wished-for rest, | |
| And the sorrow to my breast. | |
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| Shines the moonlight clear and cold, | 5 |
| Shine the little stars of gold; | |
| Glad are all things far and wide;— | |
| I alone in grief abide. | |
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| Two are missing, two in vain | |
| Seek I in the starry train; | 10 |
| And these stars that do not rise | |
| Are my darling’s lovely eyes. | |
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| Naught I heed the moonlight clear, | |
| Dim to me the stars appear. | |
| Since is hidden from my sight | 15 |
| Kunigund, my heaven of light. | |
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| But when in their splendor shine | |
| Over me those suns divine, | |
| Then it seemeth best to me | |
| Neither moon nor stars should be. | 20 | | | |
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