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NIGHT by CLINTON SCOLLARD

First Line: TAKE ME, NIGHT, UNTO THY BREAST!
Last Line: LOSE ME, LOSE ME, NIGHT!
Subject(s): NIGHT; BEDTIME;

TAKE me, night, unto thy breast!
To my lips the cup of rest,
Cool with dews, be pressed!

Drift me down unrippled streams
Under star-beams and moon-beams!
Mantle me with dreams!

Then in caverns of delight,
Far beyond all mortal sight,
Lose me, lose me, night!



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