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had been praised in the Capitol, still it was not a happy night for me that followed; —Nor^when my ^favorite plans were accomplished — But dawn from the bed of perfect health, electric, inhaling sweet breath, When I saw the full moon in the west grow pale and disappear in the morning light, When I wandered alone over the beach, and undressing, bathed, laughing with the waters, and saw the sun rise, |
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And when I thought how my friend, my lover,
was coming, then O^ I was happy; all that day my food nourished me more—And the beautiful day passed well, And the next came with equal joy—And with the next, at evening, came my friend, And that night, while all was still, I heard the waters roll slowly continually up the shores I heard the hissing rustle of the liquid and sands, as directed to me, whispering, to congratulate me,—For the friend I love lay sleeping by my side, In the stillness his face was inclined towards me, while the moon's clear beams shone, And his arm lay lightly over my breast—And that night I was happy. (on this leaf, beneath the paste-over, is an earlier version of the conclusion, with no strikethroughs) And that night O you happy waters, I heard
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