Bruce Nugent, "My Love" (1926)
Like midnight,
But midnight fades to dawn.
My love has eyes
Like starlight,
But starlight fades in morn.
My love has a voice
Like dew fall.
But dew-fall dies at a breath.
My love has love
Like life's all.
But life's all fades in death.
Published in Palms, October 1926