Nightfall Poem by Alec de Candole

(an evening ride between corfe and lulworth)

FROM day to night I rode, through evening chill;
The rolling moors around gave summons keen
And called me on ; and as the rainbow sheen
Of sunset faded, there, 'twixt hill and hill,
I touched the heart of Purbeck ! Deeper still
Grew heaven's blue above me ; shone serene
The kindly moon, benignant o'er the scene,
And God's sweet loneliness my soul did fill.
And as I rode, I felt a sweeping might,
For now the day was gone, the wind upblew,
The hills stood sharp against the sky's deep hue,-
The trees were black 'gainst the moon's sovran light.
The rushing wind embraced me, and I knew
The wonder and the splendour of the night.