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24
XVI.
[The slumberous stillness of the summer noon]
The slumberous stillness of the summer noon,Is not its drowsy quiet perfect peace?
The very voices of the children cease
From their sweet laughter, as in dreamful swoon
They sink back in the grass, outwearied soon
With play and pleasure through the light's increase.
Night hath no hour like this in all her lease
Of cold calm slumber 'neath the spell-bound moon.
So is the height of love a perfect rest,
And stiller than all frost that ever froze
The ice-bound river, or sleep of spotless snows
On inaccessible mountain's footless crest,
Lies the all-peaceful glow, the warm repose,
Of loving heart on heart, and breast by breast.
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