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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STARS WENT OUT, by RENE GHIL
First Line: The stars went out at dead of night
Last Line: My twenty years, and me.
Subject(s): Death; Love; Stars; Dead, The
First Line: The stars went out at dead of night
Last Line: My twenty years, and me.
Subject(s): Death; Love; Stars; Dead, The
The stars went out at dead of night
Coming to me:
Ah! Roses did not blossom late
On the bush of my ennui,
Nor my beloved meet her fate
In our love's ecstasy.
To hearken in the deepest night
To tears that overwhelm,
The nightingale will not hold his song:
Why am I not in his realm ...
For his beloved does not betray
And he dies not on the elm.
The stars went out at dead of night
Coming to me:
Tell her, mother dear, the birds
Through spring can faithful be,
But put you under ground my love,
My twenty years, and me.
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