The wild winds weep, 
         And the night is a-cold;
 Come hither, Sleep,
         And my griefs infold:
 But lo! the morning peeps
         Over the eastern steeps,
 And the rustling birds of dawn
 The earth do scorn.

Lo! to the vault
         Of paved heaven,
 With sorrow fraught
         My notes are driven:
 They strike the ear of night,
         Make weep the eyes of day;
 They make mad the roaring winds,
         And with tempests play.

Like a fiend in a cloud 
         With howling woe,
  After night I do croud,
         And with night will go;
  I turn my back to the east,
  From whence comforts have increas'd;
  For light doth seize my brain
  With frantic pain.