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NOCTURNE.
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Into the night, the odorous summer night,I wander, driven of Love, whose breath of joy
Suffuses all the radiance of the sky
And dimness of the earth like slumber now.
2
O summer night, O scented summer night!Where walks my Love—through what deep dells of peace?
Fill her with the rich ache of my desire,
Sandal her feet with speed to come to me.
3
The golden summer dusk broods in the boughs,Between the starlight pale and glimmering lake;
The night's heart throbs, and with it throbs my own,
Through the wild-throbbing throat of nightingales.
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O summer night, O blissful summer night,Who feedest with thy love the heavenly flocks,
Kiss my fair Love, and feed her with my life,
Tell her my arms with thine are round her thrown!
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