Good-Night
I.
Good-night? ah! no; the hour is ill
Which severs those it should unite;
Let us remain together still,
Then it will be GOOD night.
II.
How can I call the lone night good,
Though thy sweet wishes wing its flight?
Be it not said, thought, understood--
Then it will be--GOOD night.
III.
To hearts which near each other move
From evening close to morning light,
The night is good; because, my love,
They never SAY good-night.
Published by Leigh Hunt over the signature Sigma, The Literary Pocket-Book, 1822. It is included in the Harvard manuscript book, and there is a transcript by Shelley in a copy of The Literary Pocket-Book, 1819, presented by him to Miss Sophia Stacey, December 29, 1820.
