Night. O you whose countenance, dissolved br in deepness, hovers above my face. br You who are the heaviest counterweight br to my astounding contemplation. br br Night, that trembles as reflected in my eyes, br but in itself strong; br inexhaustible creation, dominant, br enduring beyond the earth's endurance; br br Night, full of newly created stars that leave br trails of fire streaming from their seams br as they soar in inaudible adventure br through interstellar space: br br how, overshadowed by your all-embracing vastness, br I appear minute!--- br Yet, being one with the ever more darkening earth, br I dare to be in you.