midnight
A darkness drowns all lustres : still I see Thee , my love , thee ! Thee , my glory of gold , from head to feet ! Oh , how the lids of the world close quite when our lips meet ! Almeryl strained her to him , and responded : My life was midnight on the mountain side ; Cold stars were on the heights : There , in my darkness , I had lived and died , Content with nameless lights . Sudden I saw the heavens flush with a beam , And I ascended soon , And evermore over mankind supreme , Stood silver in the moon . And he fell playfully into a new metre , singing : Who will paint my beloved In musical word or colour ? Earth with an envy is moved : Sea-shells and roses she brings , Gems from the green ocean-springs , Fruits with the fairy bloom-dews , Feathers of Paradise hues , Waters with jewel-bright falls , Ore from the Genii-halls : All in their splendour approved ; All ; but , match 'd with my beloved , Darker , and denser , and duller .