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BEATA SOLITUDO
For Sam. Smith
What land of Silence,
Where pale stars shine
On apple-blossom
And dew-drenched vine,
Is yours and mine?
Where pale stars shine
On apple-blossom
And dew-drenched vine,
Is yours and mine?
The silent valley
That we will find,
Where all the voices
Of humankind
Are left behind.
That we will find,
Where all the voices
Of humankind
Are left behind.
There all forgetting,
Forgotten quite,
We will repose us,
With our delight
Hid out of sight.
Forgotten quite,
We will repose us,
With our delight
Hid out of sight.
The world forsaken,
And out of mind
Honour and labour,
We shall not find
The stars unkind.
And out of mind
Honour and labour,
We shall not find
The stars unkind.
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And men shall travail,
And laugh and weep;
But we have vistas
Of gods asleep,
With dreams as deep.
And laugh and weep;
But we have vistas
Of gods asleep,
With dreams as deep.
A land of Silence,
Where pale stars shine
On apple-blossoms
And dew-drenched vine,
Be yours and mine!
Where pale stars shine
On apple-blossoms
And dew-drenched vine,
Be yours and mine!
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