I Know the Night No Longer

I know the night no longer, the terrible anonymity of death.
A fleet of stars moors in the haven of my heart.
O Hesperus, sentinel, because you shine by the side
Of a sky-blue breeze on an island which dreams of me
Proclaiming the dawn from its rocky heights,
My two eyes set you sailing embraced, by the side
Of my true heart’s star: I know the night no longer.

I know the names no longer of a world that disavows me.
I read sea shells, leaves, and the stars clearly.
I have no need of hatred on the roads of the sky
Unless the dream is that which watches me again
As I walk by the sea of immortality in tears.
O Hesperus, under the arc of your golden flame
I know the night no longer that is a night only.