Gifts of Night: Toddaid Poetic Form

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Toddaid: Welsh poetic form. Comprises of quatrains.
Lines one and three have 10 syllables; lines two and four have nine syllables.
Lines two and four end rhyme.
A syllable near the end of line one rhymes with a syllable in the middle of line two.
A syllable near the end of line three rhymes with a syllable in the middle of line four.

As the starry night descends on, earth’s lap, she brings heavenly sap, and her scent, she unfurls the moon, from under a veil, enchanting dales, with moonlight’s boon, her cape of bright stars, floats among flowers, forever showers, peace near and far, dreams shine bright, away from reality, embracing tranquility, of night.

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