Daybreak in February

Over the ground white snow, and in the air
Silence. The stars, like lamps soon to expire.
Gleam tremblingly; serene and heavenly fair,
The eastern hanging crescent climbeth higher.
Sec, purple on the azure softly steals
And Morning, faintly touched with quivering fire,
Leans on the frosty summits of the hills.
Like a young girl over her hoary sire.
Oh, such a dawning over me has come.
The daybreak of thy purity and love; —
The sadness of the never satiate tomb
Thy countenance hath power to remove.
And from the sepulchre of Hope, thy palm
Can roll the stone, and raise her bright and calm.