Softly, where a   Petal falling sings,   Caught aloft on   Fairy's golden wings      Just a slight   Transgression in   The night, so long   Been not offended   By the light      Slowly to the earth it settles,   All amidst the other petals      Holding close to stay and stay,   'Till all about it is the day      Shepard of the night!   Long awaited, come the light