Midnight Garden

A lunar intoxication of night-flowering white flowers – tuberose (flower of dangerous pleasures), lily (flower of majestic beauty), honeysuckle (flower of binding love), gardenia (flower of secret passions) and moonflower (flower that inspires dreams of love). Hauntingly beautiful. I feel the breath of the summer night, Aromatic fire: The trees, the vines, the flowers are astir With tender desire. The white moths flutter about the lamp, Enamoured with light; And a thousand creatures softly sing A song to the night! But I am alone, and how can I sing Praises to thee? Come, Night! unveil the beautiful soul That waiteth for me. -- Elizabeth Stoddard Art: White Camellia by Johan Laurentz Jensen, 1886