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SERENADE by CLINTON SCOLLARD

First Line: SLUMBER HAS STILLED THE NOTE
Last Line: SLEEP ON, OH, SWEET!
Subject(s): SINGING & SINGERS;

SLUMBER has stilled the note
In the thrush's tender throat,
But the cheery cricket sings,
And the moth's dark wings
Flutter along the night
Through the pale moonlight;
@3Soft may thine eyelids meet!
Sleep on, oh, sweet!@1

Never a stir 'mid the stars
Of the jasmine at the bars
Of her casement, looking away
Toward the unborn day.
Mount, and an entrance win,
Steal in, my song, steal in!
@3Soft may thine eyelids meet!
Sleep on, oh, sweet!@1

Steal in, but breathe not above
The lowest whisper of love;
Hover around her there
In that holy air;
Glide into her dreams, and be
A memory of me!
@3Soft may thine eyelids meet!
Sleep on, oh, sweet!@1



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