midnight
When I come to tell of this magic wrought by your innocent witchery , I find it quite impossible to explain , as the essence of my heavenly flight is all so poetic and strange a mere mortal like myself can not interpret the feeling . It surely can not be that all men who love are so entranced . It must be that within the circle of your enchanting power a superior charm prevails : '' ` There be none of Beauty 's daughters With a magic like thee ; And like music on the waters , Is thy sweet voice to me ; When , as if its sound were causing The charmed ocean 's pausing , The waves lie still and gleaming , And the lull 'd winds seem dreaming . '' ` The moon is your partner in this mysterious midnight revel , Margaret : '' ` And the midnight moon is weaving Her bright chain o'er the deep , Whose breast is gently heaving , As an infant 's asleep ; So the spirit bows before thee , To listen and adore thee , With a full but soft emotion , Like the swell of Summer 's ocean . ' '' ` How wise , after all , your advice to be hopeful ! The sweetest moments of our lives are passing now while we are wrapped in our devotion to each other . All sounds are sweet -- '' `` Tis sweet to hear At midnight on the blue moonlit deep , The song and oar of Adria 's gondolier , By distance mellowed o'er the water 's sweep .