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SUMMER NIGHT; VARIATIONS OF CERTAIN MELODIES: 1. ANDANTE by BAYARD TAYLOR

First Line: UNDER THE FULL-BLOWN LINDEN AND THE PLANE
Last Line: BUT NOTHING SLEEPS, THOUGH REST SEEMS EVERYWHERE.
Subject(s): KISSES; LOVE; NIGHT; SUMMER; BEDTIME;

UNDER the full-blown linden and the plane,
That link their arms above
In mute, mysterious love,
I hear the strain!
Is it the far postilion's horn,
Mellowed by starlight, floating up the valley,
Or song of love-sick peasant, borne
Across the fields of fragrant corn,
And poplar-guarded alley?
Now from the woodbine and the unseen rose
What new delight is showered?
The warm wings of the air
Drop into downy indolence and close,
So sweetly overpowered:
But nothing sleeps, though rest seems everywhere.



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