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VOICE IN THE NIGHT, FR. TO LET by JOHN GALSWORTHY

First Line: VOICE IN THE NIGHT - CRYING
Last Line: "JUST HIS CRY: ""HOW LONG?"

VOICE in the night -- crying --
Down in the old sleeping Spanish city,
Darkened under her white stars;

What says the voice -- its clear lingering anguish?
Just the watchman telling his dateless tale of safety?
Just a roadman flinging to the moon his song?

No! 'Tis one deprived -- a lover's prayer for pity,
Just his cry: "How long?"



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