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AT SUNSET by JOHN GALSWORTHY

First Line: I'VE SEEN THE MOON, WITH LIFTED WING
Last Line: TO ME, REMEMBERING TENNESSEE.
Subject(s): TENNESSEE;

I'VE seen the moon, with lifted wing,
A white hawk -- over a cypress tree;
The lover's star, the bloom of Spring,
And evening folded on Tennessee.

I've seen the little streams run down --
All smoke-blue, lost in faerie;
And, far, the violet mountains crown
The darkness breathing on Tennessee.

I've seen the beautiful, so clear --
And it has gone to the heart of me;
So there'll be magic ever near
To me, remembering Tennessee.



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