Yonder lay valley dark
And here the solitary loon that none did mark
Banished from love, banished to wilderness
Banished from regard, banished to emptiness

And in the valley's grey midst he'd lay
Holding on day after day after day.....
Shattered dreams,   dismissed anticipation
Loner by will, the valley in participation

The golden hour did strike, the Lord would bestow
The objective of his stay, the instant to restore;
The reticence perturbed by the calling lark,
For there was Moonlight over Valley Dark.