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A CLEAR MIDNIGHT by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: THIS IS THY HOUR, O SOUL, THY FREE FLIGHT INTO THE WORDLESS
Last Line: NIGHT, SLEEP, DEATH AND THE STARS.
Subject(s): NIGHT; BEDTIME;
This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the
themes thou lovest best,
Night, sleep, death and the stars.



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