Meeting at Night

The gray sea and the long black land And the yellow half-moon large and low And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep As I gain the cove with pushing prow and quench its speed i' the slushy sand The startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep Meeting at night Meeting at night Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach Three fields to cross till a farm appears A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch And blue spurt of a lighted match And a voice less loud, thro'its joys and fears than the two hearts beating each to each Meeting at night Meeting at night The two hearts beating each to each The two hearts beating each to each Round the cape of a sudden came the sea And the sun look'd over the mountain's rim Parting at morning Parting at morning And straight was a path of gold for him And the need of a world of men for me Parting at morning Parting at morning And straight was a path of gold for him And the need of a world of men for me And straight was a path of gold for him And the need of a world of men for me Meeting at night Meeting at night Meeting at night Meeting at night The song is inspired by Robert Browning's *Meeting at Night* and *Parting at Morning*