Cruel and blank, thou midnight sky above,
O'ershadowing all who wake upon the earth.
No brightness lendest thou to us who move
Sleepless; we hard crave safe rest and berth.
The clouds obscure the stars; the moon ashamed
Evades our praying eyes. Time wanders lost,
Left to rememb'ring. Dog with Bull stands tamed
Like Ram; celestial order chills, its frost
Arrests sly Dragon and She safe stays chained
To weep while Wolf and Hunter curse the mist,
Intent and anxious, their swift hunt detained.
O'ercome by fog the wind doth twist
No Winged Horse; nor Lyre nor Swan befriend.
Subdued all wish for dawn—or death's dark end.
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