Night was new-throned in heaven, and we did rove
Together in the cool and shadowless haze
That thickened round, at the wild stars to gaze
Ere yet the moons red rim had showed above
The pine-trees. For in both our souls did move
The same fond lover-fancy,that their rays
Were richer for all those who from the ways
Of mans long past had looked at them in love;
And when our glances through their midst did run
From orb to orb of all that seemed most fair,
To fix at last with mutual heed on one
That gloried in the West beyond compare,
It seemed to us that when the day was done,
The spirit of our joy was mansioned there
A Love-Fancy
written byCharles Harpur
© Charles Harpur