Serenade + 

So sweet the hourвБ†вАФso calm the time, + 

I feel it more than half a crime, + 

When Nature sleeps and stars are mute, + 

To mar the silence evвАЩn with lute. + 

At rest on oceanвАЩs brilliant dyes + 

An image of Elysium lies: + 

Seven Pleiades entranced in Heaven, + 

Form in the deep another seven: + 

Endymion nodding from above + 

Sees in the sea a second love. + 

Within the valleys dim and brown, + 

And on the spectral mountainвАЩs crown, + 

The wearied light is dying down; + 

And earth, and stars, and sea, and sky + 

Are redolent of sleep, as I + 

Am redolent of thee and thine + 

Enthralling love, my Adeline. + 

But list, O listвБ†вАФso soft and low + 

Thy loverвАЩs voice tonight shall flow, + 

That, scarce awake, thy soul shall deem + 

My words the music of a dream. + 

Thus, while no single sound too rude, + 

Upon thy slumber shall intrude, + 

Our thoughts, our soulsвБ†вАФO God above! + 

In every deed shall mingle, love. + 