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NIGHT STORM by AL-LAMA'I

First Line: YONDER DRIFTS A CLOUD
Last Line: LIGHTS A TORCH, TO SEE.

Yonder drifts a cloud
Limping in the shroud
Of night, as if it were
A footsore wayfarer.

A sudden zephyr swirls
Scattering its pearls:
The cloud hurriedly
Lights a torch, to see.



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