Four Nights

Lyrics

O when I shut my eyes in spring A choir of heaven's swans I see They sail on lakes of blue, and sing Or shelter in a willow tree: They sing of peace in heart and mind Such as on earth you may not find When I lie down in summertime I still can hear the scythes that smite The ripened flowers in their prime And still can see the meadows white In summertime my rest is small If any rest I find at all In autumn, when my eyes I close I see the yellow stars ablazе Among the tangled winds that rose At sunsеt in a circled maze; Like armoured nights they ride the skies And prick the closed lids of my eyes But when in wintertime I sleep I nothing see, nor nothing hear; The angels in my spirit keep A silent watch, and being there They cause my soul to lie as dead A stream enchanted in her bed