In the world’s far edges
Faint and blue,
Where the rocky ledges
Stand in view,
…
Fades the rosy, tender
Evening light;
Then in starry splendor
Comes the night.
…
So a stormy lifetime
Comes to close,
Spirit’s mortal strifetime
Finds repose.
…
Faith and toil and vision
Crowned at last,
Failure and derision
Overpast,-
…
All the daylight splendor
Far above,
Calm and sure and tender
Comes thy love.
– Night Lyric by William Bliss Carman