John Keats — The Day Went And It All With It: Verse

The day went away and took everything with it:
Love, tenderness, lips, hands, eyes,
Warm breath, dark captivity of hair,
Laughter, whispering, games, affection, jokes, arguments.

Everything has faded — so flowers fade in an instant.
Perfection has gone from the eyes and disappeared,
The vision of Beauty has gone from the hands,
Delight, madness, bliss has gone.

Everything disappeared — and the world is enveloped in darkness,
And the holy day was replaced by the holy night, A
heady aroma spilling out of love,
Weaving a canopy of darkness for voluptuousness.

I read the whole book of love in the afternoon
And I pray again — enter, Dream, into my house!

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