Morning, Noon and Night + 

When morning shows her first faint flush, + 

I think of the tender blush + 

That crept so gently to your cheek + 

When first my love I dared to speak; + 

How, in your glance, a dawning ray + 

Gave promise of love’s perfect day. + 

When, in the ardent breath of noon, + 

The roses with passion swoon; + 

There steals upon me from the air + 

The scent that lurked within your hair; + 

I touch your hand, I clasp your form⁠— + 

Again your lips are close and warm. + 

When comes the night with beauteous skies, + 

I think of your tear-dimmed eyes, + 

Their mute entreaty that I stay, + 

Although your lips sent me away; + 

And then falls memory’s bitter blight, + 

And dark⁠—so dark becomes the night. + 