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SONG IN THE NIGHT by OTTO JULIUS BIERBAUM

First Line: STREETS TO LEFT, AND STREETS TO RIGHT
Last Line: WOULD I WERE A GUEST WITHIN!
Subject(s): NIGHT; BEDTIME;

Streets to left, and streets to right,
Dull and dank it seems,
As I wander in the night
Wakened from my dreams.
Yearning,
Burning,
Pain and smart,
Whither dost thou sink, my heart?
Whither dost thou sink, my heart?

There's a house with shutters green
Far away from town,
Where the river rolls serene
Moving, murmuring down.
Bowers,
Flowers!
Fold it in!
Would I were a guest within!
Would I were a guest within!



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