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:
The Lyrics and Shorter Poems of Percy Bysshe ShelleyCopyright 1907, reprinted 1913
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, Ltd.
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co.