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VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 1. OFF GIBRALTAR by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: BEYOND THE SLEEPY HILLS OF SPAIN
Last Line: FOR ME A DELICATE DESPAIR.
Subject(s): GIBRALTAR;
BEYOND the sleepy hills of Spain,
The sun goes down in yellow mist,
The sky is fresh with dewy stars
Above a sea of amethyst.

Yet in the city of my love
High noon burns all the heavens bare--
For him the happiness of light,
For me a delicate despair.



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