Laurence Hope, Stars of the Desert — The Purple Dusk
“ Since the white day must dawn again so soon, And early love is diffident and shy, Oh, charitable clouds conceal the moon Grant the indulgence of an unstarred sky! Ah, silver surf, abreak along the shore, Cease for awhile thy restless ebb and flow. The silence trembles with thy sullen roar And the soft voice I love is very low. ”
