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TWILIGHT by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER

First Line: LIGHT IS HORROR AND DARKNESS BEAUTY - ONLY IN THE VAGUE HOURS WHERE THEY MINGLE
Last Line: CONTEMPLATING IN ITS PERFECT CONSTANCY THEIR OWN UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
Subject(s): NIGHT; BEDTIME;
LIGHT is horror and darkness beauty -- only in the vague
hours where they mingle,
Can all who wander without the great dark pale enclosing
That intangible unreal loveliness, catch some faint apprehension
Of what the power of Night, without beginning or end in the seasons,
Without change, limitless in space, may be to the Gods unknown
Contemplating in its perfect constancy their own unconsciousness.



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