MIIDNIGHT THOUGHTS -Joe Wilson

Written at Midnight, July 18th, 1859.

I GAZED on the dark blue sky,
One summer's still midnight,
And my lips breathed forth a sigh
As I long'd for the morning's light,
For sleep had deserted mine eyes,
And I could not calmly rest,
And again as I look'd at the skies,
My heart beat quick in my breast.

What thoughts then flewthrough my brain
At that silent hour of night, Scenes past, were present again,
Like a vision-supremely bright;
Dear forms appear'd to mine eyes,
And faces I long had mourn'd,
Seemed around me again to rise,
And the once happy past return'd.