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A SOUTHERN TWILIGHT by CLINTON SCOLLARD

First Line: A LITTLE SHALLOW SILVER URN
Last Line: TO US THAN ELOQUENCE OR ART.
Subject(s): EVENING; LOVE; SUNSET; TWILIGHT;

A LITTLE shallow silver urn,
High in the east the new moon hung;
Amid the palms a fountain flung
Its snowy floss, and there, above,
With its impassioned unconcern,
A hidden bird discoursed of love.

I felt your hand upon my arm
Flutter as doth a thrush's wing,
Then tighten. Sweet, how small a thing
Draws kindred spirits heart to heart!
More was that hour's elusive charm
To us than eloquence or art.



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