Desolation

I had a dream, which was not all a dream
The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air
Morn came and went and came, and brought no day
And men forgot their passions in the dread
Of this their desolation
Desolation
And all hearts
Were chilled into a selfish prayer for light
The crash and all was black
No love was left
All earth was but one thought and that was death