TASSO.
How darkly in the far silence
Of my pitiless prison-walls,
I through the night-watches sit!
Of my pitiless prison-walls,
I through the night-watches sit!
High over me speed Orion,
The seven stars and Aldebaran,
Sirius and the twin beauteous gods.
The seven stars and Aldebaran,
Sirius and the twin beauteous gods.
Radiant in celestial spaces,
Beautiful; and free, and peaceful,
As calm as the pure heart of God!
Beautiful; and free, and peaceful,
As calm as the pure heart of God!
