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A SUNSET by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE

First Line: FAR IN THE GOLD-EMBROIDERED WEST
Last Line: SPEEDING THE DAY'S WHITE SOUL.
Subject(s): EVENING; SUNSET; TWILIGHT;

FAR in the gold-embroidered west
The round and red sun lay,
Like a great wound upon the breast
Of the slow-dying day.

Night, and a murmur from the east;
I heard the wind's voice roll
Out of the dark, a solemn priest,
Speeding the day's white soul.



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