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Joaquin Miller's Poems

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Miller, Joaquin (1837-1913)

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XXII

Love while 'tis day; night cometh soon,
Wherein no man or maiden may;
Love in the strong young prime of day;
Drink drunk with love in ripe red noon,
Red noon of love and life and sun;
Walk in love's light as in sunshine,
Drink in that sun as drinking wine,
Drink swift, nor question any one;
For fortunes change, like man, or moon,
And wane like warm full day of June.
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