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TROPIC NIGHTFALL by ROBERT AVRETT

First Line: THE SUNLIGHT DIES
Last Line: AND ONE YOUTH SINGS.
Subject(s): SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;
The sunlight dies,
And far away
A shadow lies
At close of day.

The fireflies flit
On lanterned wings ....
Far off, men sit;
And one youth sings.



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