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TAPS by WILLIAM FELTER

First Line: ALONG THE WIMPLING STREAM
Last Line: GOOD NIGHT! GOOD NIGHT!
Subject(s): EVENING; SUNSET; TWILIGHT;

Along the wimpling stream
Tenebrous shadows creep;
Fast falls the night upon
The bosom of the deep;
O'er vale and mountain steep
By vagrant winds caressed,
The sun long since has set
Low in the west.

Upon thy pillow, Sweet,
Coquettest thou with sleep?
The silence creeps apace . . .
Good night! Good night!



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