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SUNSET by THOMAS WILLIAM HODGSON CROSLAND

First Line: SICKLE MOON AND SMOULDERING STAR
Last Line: BEAUTY BURNING IN THE WEST.
Subject(s): DEATH; EVENING; WAR; DEAD, THE; SUNSET; TWILIGHT;

Sickle moon and smouldering star
Beauty burning in the west,
Where is he that I loved best?

Beauty burning in the west,
Lo, an iron ache called War
Gathers him to her stark breast.

Sickle moon and smouldering star—
All the soul hath she possessed
Of the love that I loved best.

Like a King he takes his rest,
Past all loves and dreams that are—
Sickle moon and smouldering star,
Beauty burning in the west.



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