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NUIT by MATHILDE BLIND

First Line: THE ALL UPHOLDING
Last Line: NIGHT HAS HER GRAVES.
Subject(s): EGYPT; NIGHT; BEDTIME;
THE all upholding,
The all enfolding,
The all beholding,
Most secret Night;
From whose abysses,
With wordless blisses,
The Sun's first kisses,
Called gods to light.
One god undying,
But multiplying,
Restlessly trying,
Doing: undone.

Through myriad changes,
He sweeps and ranges;
But life estranges
Many in one.

In wild commotion,
Out of the ocean,
With moan and motion,
Wave upon waves,
Mingling in thunder,
Rise and go under:
Break, life, asunder;
Night has her graves.




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