The day is done

[Fashionating]

The day is done

The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.

I see the lights of the village
Gleam through the rain and the mist,
And a feeling of sadness comes over me,
That my soul cannot resist:

A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.

Come, read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling,
And banish the thoughts of day.

Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors of Time.

For, like strains of martial music,
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life's endless toil and endeavor;
And to-night I long for rest.

Read from some humbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start;

Who, through long days of labor,
And nights devoid of ease,
Still heard in his soul the music
Of wonderful melodies.

Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction
That follows after prayer.

Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.

And the night shall be filled with music
And the cares that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.

[Hij is een beetje lang, maar had weer eens een inspi-dag Dus...Tell me what you think about it!]

[white witch]

Hij is idd een beetje heel erg lang

Ik vind een zin echt niet mooi en dat is

And a feeling of sadness comes over me,

Dat 'comes over me', dat loopt in mijn ogen niet zo mooi. Vind dat comes geen mooi woord. Maar verder, top. Heb de hele dag weer fijn Engels gepraat en geleerd, dus fijn dat ik het weer tegenkom

Ben sowieso fan van Engels, ben sindskort ook gaan dichten in het Engels. Lijkt wel of je daar veel meer in kan zeggen en het klinkt niet meteen zo stom.

[Fashionating]

Tnx voor je reactie
Ik dicht sowieso altijd in het Engels, vind de taal mooier en je kan er inderdaad meer mee zeggen