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AS NIGHT COMES by CHARLES G. ADAMS

First Line: DAY SILENTLY PASSES, THE TWILIGHT FALLS
Last Line: TO THE SOMBER ROBE FLUNG DOWN AS NIGHT COMES.
Subject(s): NIGHT; BEDTIME;

Day silently passes, the twilight falls,
Like old amber splashed on the garden walls.
Jagged hills, tawny as a lion cub,
Rise majestically over green fields;
And the air trembles with a rasping rub
As measured as breathing of fabled gnomes ...
Then in that breathless moment twilight yields
To the somber robe flung down as night comes.



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