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THE FLIGHT by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: HOW DO THE DAYS PRESS ON, AND LAY
Last Line: TIS THEN I SEEK MY KIND.
How do the days press on, and lay
Their fallen locks at evening down,
While the clear stars in darkness play
And moonbeams weave a crown --

A crown of flower-like light in heaven,
Where in the hollow arch of space
Morn's mistress dreams, and the Pleiads seven
Stand watch about her place.

Stand watch -- O days, no number keep
Of hours when this dark clay is blind.
When the world's clocks are dumb in sleep
'Tis then I seek my kind.



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