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BEFORE SUNRISE IN WINTER by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL

First Line: A PURPLE CLOUD HANGS HALF-WAY DOWN
Last Line: THAT FLOWS ALL ROUND THE WORLD.
Subject(s): WINTER;
A PURPLE cloud hangs half-way down;
Sky, yellow gold below;
The naked trees, beyond the town,
Like masts against it show, --

Bare masts and spars of our earth-ship,
With shining snow-sails furled;
And through the sea of space we slip,
That flows all round the world.



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