When trade and traffic and all the noise of town
Is dimmed, and on the streets and squares
The filmy curtain of the night sinks down
With sleep, the recompense of cares,
To me the darkness brings not sleep nor rest.


'Remembrances' (1828) (translated by R. M. Hewitt)


When trade and traffic and all the noise of town Is dimmed, and on the streets and squares The filmy curtain of the night sinks down With sleep, the...

When trade and traffic and all the noise of town Is dimmed, and on the streets and squares The filmy curtain of the night sinks down With sleep, the...

When trade and traffic and all the noise of town Is dimmed, and on the streets and squares The filmy curtain of the night sinks down With sleep, the...

When trade and traffic and all the noise of town Is dimmed, and on the streets and squares The filmy curtain of the night sinks down With sleep, the...