Winter's Night

With all your rain and stormy booming,

Be welcome, December moon,

And lead me on my way to the beloved house

Where my mistress lives.

Never have the blossoms of May,

The blue sky, and the glittering dew,

Been so cheerfully welcome to me as your snows are today -

Your misty brew and cloudy grayness.

For through the driving flakes of snow,

Fairer than any Spring ever smiled,

A Spring of Love gleams and blossoms

Secretly for me now in this winter's night.