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EVENSONG by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN

First Line: EASTWARD THE VALLEY OF MY SOUL WAS LIT
Last Line: OF DAWN THAT SHALL BE DAY.
Subject(s): EVENING; SUNSET; TWILIGHT;
EASTWARD the valley of my soul was lit
This morning: now the West hath laid
Upon its fields the festal robe,
And East hath shade.
Full soon the night shall fit
Her star-besprinkled serge
On hill, and rock, and bay;
But even then behind the mounting globe
God makes a verge
Of dawn that shall be day.



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