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EVENING SONG: 2 by JOHN VANCE CHENEY

First Line: IT IS THAT PALE, DELAYING HOUR
Last Line: MAKES GOLDEN GUESSES WHAT THEY ARE.
It is that pale, delaying hour
When nature closes like a flower,
And on the spirit lies
The silence of the earth and skies.

The world has thoughts she will not own
When shade and dream with night have flown;
Bright overhead, a star
Makes golden guesses what they are.



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