Erotica/Stay, Oh Day
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Stay, Oh Day
Day is lying dying,Comes the night.Fate is flying, flying,Take thou hold of fate,Or at least by tryingTo arrest his flight,A short respite buying,Still there may be light,And too lateComes the night.
Doth Love but live in daylight?Love is blind.Daylight or the darkLove's electric sparkMakes Earth's darkness bright.Night is day—day, night,Equal in his sight,Love is blind.
Still night will come at last,And the skiesDenser shadows castWhere Love lies,Surfeited and weary,While the twilight drearyDeepens, darkens, dies.Life and love are pastAt the last.