Good-Night

I.

Good-night? ah! no; the hour is

Which severs those it should unite;

Let us remain together still,

Then it will be

OD 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

OD night.

II.

To hearts which near each other

From evening close to morning light,

The night is good; because, my love,

They never

AY 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.