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William Ernest Henley - A Late Lark Twitters From The Quiet Skies
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the quiet skies:
And from the west,
Where the sun, his day`s work ended,
Lingers as in content,
There falls on the old, gray city
An influence luminous and serene,
A shining peace.

The smoke ascends
In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires
Shine and are changed. In the valley
Shadows rise. The lark sings on. The sun,
Closing his benediction,
Sinks, and the darkening air
Thrills with a sense of the triumphing night—
Night with her train of stars
And her great gift of sleep.

So be my passing!
My task accomplish`d and the long day done,
My wages taken, and in my heart
Some late lark singing,
Let me be gather`d to the quiet west,
The sundown splendid and serene,
Death.
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