Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (41)

    ALL in the mirk midnight when I was beside you, Who has seen, who has heard, what was said, what was done？ 'Twas the night and the light of the stars that espied you, The fall of the moon, and the dawning begun.

    'Tis a swift star has fallen, a star that discovers To the sea what the green sea has told to the oars, And the oars to the sailors, and they of us lovers Go singing this song at their mistress's doors.