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A SUMMER NIGHT
The sultry heaviness of the burning night
Choked us with longing for the future day,
As bathed in sweat and feigning love we lay
Embraced beneath the jet of feeble light.
Choked us with longing for the future day,
As bathed in sweat and feigning love we lay
Embraced beneath the jet of feeble light.
At length the birds began and their delight
Mocked us. They sang, while we could only pray
For respite as with infinite delay
The skies beyond the chimney-tops grew bright.
Mocked us. They sang, while we could only pray
For respite as with infinite delay
The skies beyond the chimney-tops grew bright.
The shafts of sunlight entered and the rain
Of kisses ended with the need to feign,
Sundered the arms that strained, the lips that clove.
Of kisses ended with the need to feign,
Sundered the arms that strained, the lips that clove.
With useless words we parted. Through the street
That echoed in the silence to my feet,
I bore the memories of our night of love.
That echoed in the silence to my feet,
I bore the memories of our night of love.
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