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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RONDEL, by EDOUARD JOACHIM CORBIERE
First Line: It's dark, child, snatcher of sparks!
Last Line: It's dark, child, snatcher of sparks!
Alternate Author Name(s): Corbiere, Tristan
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: It's dark, child, snatcher of sparks!
Last Line: It's dark, child, snatcher of sparks!
Alternate Author Name(s): Corbiere, Tristan
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
It's dark, child, snatcher of sparks!
No more are there nights, days are no more;
Sleep . . . waiting for everyone to come
Who said: Never! Who told you: Forever!
Do you hear their steps? . . . How far away they are:
Oh, the delicate tread! -Love has wings . . .
It's dark, child, snatcher of sparks!
Do you hear their voices? . . . Coffins have no ears.
Sleep: They weigh but little, all your immortal flowers;
Nor will they be coming, your friends the bears,
To tumble their cobblestone over your fair ones . . .
It's dark, child, snatcher of sparks!
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