Couldst thou not watch with me one hour? Behold,

Dawn skims the sea with flying feet of gold,
With sudden feet that graze the gradual sea;
⁠Couldst thou not watch with me?

What, not one hour? for star by star the night

Falls, and her thousands world by world take flight;
They die, and day survives, and what of thee?
⁠Couldst thou not watch with me?

Lo, far in heaven the web of night undone,

And on the sudden sea the gradual sun;