midnight
His sharpened interior sense read her clear soul , and he knew she was his , therefore he reached her his hand , and she came to him with a flush on her face , which died out as she stood proudly by his side , while he said : `` And Martha shall help me . '' Therefore , this good thing happened -- that in the midst of his fervor and his consecration to God 's work , the love of woman found a place . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- O witchery of the winter night -LRB- With broad moon shouldering to the west -RRB- In the city streets the west wind sweeps Before my feet in rustling flight ; The midnight snows in untracked heaps Lie cold and desolate and white . I stand and wait with upturned eyes , Awed with the splendor of the skies And star-trained progress of the moon . The city walls dissolve like smoke Beneath the magic of the moon , And age falls from me like a cloak ; I hear sweet girlish voices ring Clear as some softly stricken string -- -LRB- The moon is sailing to the west . -RRB- The sleigh-bells clash in homeward flight ; With frost each horse 's breast is white -- -LRB- The big moon sinking to the west . -RRB-