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BLACK SWANS ON THE MURRAY LAGOONS by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: THE LONG LAGOONS LIE WHITE AND STILL
Last Line: MOVES AS IN SLEEP SOME BODEFUL DREAM.
Subject(s): AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; DEATH; DREAMS; LAGOONS; LIFE; SWANS; DEAD, THE; NIGHTMARES;
The long lagoons lie white and still
Beneath the great round Austral moon:
The sudden dawn will waken soon
With many a delicious thrill:
Between this death and life the cries
Of black swans ring through silent skies --
And the long wash of the slow stream
Moves as in sleep some bodeful dream.



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