NOW OR NEVER 



" Night and Day " 



When the golden day is done, 

 Through the closing portal, 



Child and garden, flower and sun, 

 Vanish all things mortal. 



As the blinding shadows fall 



As the rays diminish, 

 Under evening's cloak, they all 



Roll away and vanish. 



Garden darkened, daisy shut, 

 Child in bed, they slumber 



Glow-worm in the highway rut, 

 Mice among the lumber. 



In the darkness houses shine, 

 Parents move with candles; 



Till on all, the night divine 

 Turns the bedroom handles. 



Till at last the day begins 



In the east a-breaking, 

 In the hedges and the whins 



Sleeping birds awaking. 



