Destroyers and Other Verses/Last Night the Summer Thunder
Last night the summer thunder
Lashed the dark wood with rain:
I lie at ease and wonder,
It is so still again.
Lashed the dark wood with rain:
I lie at ease and wonder,
It is so still again.
The silver rain-drops glitter
And patter to the ground:
Birds call and chirp and twitter,
A happy distant sound.
And patter to the ground:
Birds call and chirp and twitter,
A happy distant sound.
Now we sleep far asunder,
And I lie here alone
So peacefully, I wonder
How calm my love has grown.
And I lie here alone
So peacefully, I wonder
How calm my love has grown.
The Black Forest, 1855.