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THE SPIRIT OF EVEN |
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THE SPIRIT OF EVEN
Gentle Queen, that dost control
Kingdoms pale of faded light:
Spheréd star, that ridest sole
In between the day and night.
Silver-pulsing, planet queen,
Wrapt in robes of twilight sheen.
Kingdoms pale of faded light:
Spheréd star, that ridest sole
In between the day and night.
Silver-pulsing, planet queen,
Wrapt in robes of twilight sheen.
Loose the ox and lengthen shadows:
Hive again the roving bee:
Still the lark o'er emerald meadows:
Bring the fishers home from sea:
Spirit of the Eve unseen,
Shed thy influence, twilight Queen.
Hive again the roving bee:
Still the lark o'er emerald meadows:
Bring the fishers home from sea:
Spirit of the Eve unseen,
Shed thy influence, twilight Queen.
Shepherd, pipe thy plaintive lays,
Crown her brows with radiant mist:
On her throne of purple rays
Seat her like an amethyst:
Beaming glow-worm, amber-green,
Fair and lovely twilight Queen.
Crown her brows with radiant mist:
On her throne of purple rays
Seat her like an amethyst:
Beaming glow-worm, amber-green,
Fair and lovely twilight Queen.
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Smite, O smite the chorded lyre,
All things praise her peaceful sway.
Poet, wake thy heart of fire,
Ere her beauty waste away,
Pass unsung and fade unseen,
Pearl of Even, twilight Queen.
All things praise her peaceful sway.
Poet, wake thy heart of fire,
Ere her beauty waste away,
Pass unsung and fade unseen,
Pearl of Even, twilight Queen.
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