Good-Night
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
Also in Italian, for Emilia Viviani?
I.
Good-night? ah! no; the hour is ill
Which severs those it should unite;
Let us remain together still,
Then it will be good night.
II.
How can I call the lone night good,
Though thy sweet wishes wing its flight
Be it not said, thought, understood --
Then it will be -- good night.
III.
To hearts which near each other move
From evening close to morning light,
The night is good; because, my love,
They never say good-night.
Written late (1820?)
Published 1822.
Source Book
The Lyrics and Shorter Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Copyright 1907, reprinted 1913
Published by London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.
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