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A NIGHT IN JUNE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO

First Line: IN SUMMER - DAYLIGHT FLED - WHERE FLOWERS ABOUND
Last Line: SEEMS ALL NIGHT LONG ON HEAVEN'S LOW RIDGE TO HALT.

IN summer--daylight fled--where flowers abound,
The fields their luscious fragrance pour afar;
With half-closed eyes, ears scarce awake to sound,
Slumbering, our minds not all unconscious are.

The stars, more pure, shine through the shadowy skies;
Uncertain twilight tints th' eternal vault;
Dawn, soft and pale, waiting its hour to rise,
Seems all night long on heaven's low ridge to halt.



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