Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow/The Barrier
THE BARRIER
THE Midnight wooed the Morning Star, And prayed her: "Love come nearer;Your swinging coldly there afar To me but makes you dearer."
The Morning Star was pale with dole As said she, low replying:"Oh, lover mine, soul of my soul, For you I too am sighing."
"But One ordained when we were born, In spite of love's insistence,That night might only view the Morn Adoring at a distance."
But as she spoke, the jealous Sun Across the heavens panted;"Oh, whining fools," he cried, "have done, Your wishes shall be granted."
He hurled his flaming lances far; The twain stood unaffrighted,And Midnight and the Morning Star Lay down in death united.