Ocean lights
Carl Loewe
How many sunbeams have fallen heavy as gold
Fallen glowing like fire into the eternal sea!
And the waves have sucked them into the depths
And the waves have become their wildly living tomb
Only in the holy twilight hour of quiet nights
These rays sparkle up from the sea's depths.
The waves roll glowing through the dark night;
Marvellously the gleaming beauty glows through them