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Poems Of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Night, To The

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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Night, To The

Swiftly walk over the western wave, Spirit of Night! Out of the misty eastern cave Where, all the long and lone daylight, Thou wovest dreams of joy and fear Which make thee terrible and dear, - Swift be thy flight!

Wrap thy form in a mantle gray Star - inwrought! Blind with thine hair the eyes of day, Kiss her until she be wearied out: Then wander o'er city and sea and land, Touching all with thine opiate wand - Come long - sought!

When I arose and saw the dawn, I sigh'd for thee; When light rode high, and the dew was gone, A noon lay heavy on flower and tree, ...

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