Between sleep and wakefulness I drift
On clouds of imaginings.
Through dreamy mists I shift;
I think of you weakly,
I contemplate you dreamily.
 

The night engulfs me in its darkness;
It threatens to smother me.
It surrounds me in sadness. 
I lie sleepless,
I lie friendless.
 

The moon through my window pale
Suspended in a sea of blue.
The stars in the night sail,
And beckons me,
And tempts me.
 

And slowly I shut my eyes
In peaceful repose.
In forgetfulness my body lies.
In silence I sleep;

My loneliness I keep.