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James Whitcomb Riley - His VigilJames Whitcomb Riley - His Vigil
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Close the book and dim the light,   I shall read no more to-night.   No--I am not sleepy, dear--   Do not go: sit by me here   In the darkness and the deep   Silence of the watch I keep.   Something in your presence so   Soothes me--as in long ago   I first felt your hand--as now--   In the darkness touch my brow;   I`ve no other wish than you   Thus should fold mine eyelids to,   Saying nought of sigh or tear--   Just as God were sitting here.
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