Moonbeam purest and serenest
That from Heaven's pale vapour leanest,
Shining earthward far away
With thy lustrous silver ray,
Shine on my beloved's home,
Tell her swift as I come.

Dawning sun, thou orb of wonder,
Rolling sable clouds asunder,
Shake the dun mist from thy brow,
Rim with gold her dwelling now;
Tell her, glorious messenger,
How I haste to come to her.

Night's long journeyings are over,
I am come to thee, dear lover,
Here I wait at earliest dawn
'Mid the roses on thy lawn,
Open wide thy window, Sweet,
I am kneeling at thy feet.