'Tis because, though in dusky bower,
With love delighted still thou art;
Nor hath the deepening twilight power
To lay a curfew on thy heart.
Thou lovest; and, loving, dost prolong
The sense of sunlight with thy song.
Alfred Austin
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tis-because-though-in-dusky-bower/
