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SHUT OF EVE
Our long, long day of warmth is done;
Take courage to depart;
The world is chill without the sun,
My heart, without thy heart.
Take courage to depart;
The world is chill without the sun,
My heart, without thy heart.
In vaporous air the willows waved,
Like sea-weeds in the sea;
No other boon my spirit craved
Than life, warm life with thee.
Like sea-weeds in the sea;
No other boon my spirit craved
Than life, warm life with thee.
The glimmering corner of our lake
Still glows with amber light;
The cold soft tops of grasses break
Our long low line of sight.
Still glows with amber light;
The cold soft tops of grasses break
Our long low line of sight.
But all in vain; like dying eyes
That watch in hopeless hope,
We think to change with prayers and sighs
Our fatal horoscope.
That watch in hopeless hope,
We think to change with prayers and sighs
Our fatal horoscope.
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An hour of sun, an hour of breeze,
An hour of passionate love;
And then the night, and moaning trees,
And folded skies above.
An hour of passionate love;
And then the night, and moaning trees,
And folded skies above.
So let us sigh “Farewell! bright day,
Warm fern, and grassy dell;
The day is done, then let's away!
Day, life, hope, love, farewell!”
Warm fern, and grassy dell;
The day is done, then let's away!
Day, life, hope, love, farewell!”
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