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WHERE LEAPS THE STE. MARIE by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON

First Line: WHAT DREAM YOU IN THE NIGHT-TIME
Last Line: THEN, YOUR AFTERMATH OF SLEEP.
Subject(s): SEA; WAVES; OCEAN;

I

WHAT dream you in the night-time
When you whisper to the moon?
What say you in the morning?
What do you sing at noon?
When I hear your voice uplifting
Like a breeze through branches sifting,
And your ripples softly drifting
To the August airs a-tune.

II

Lend me your happy laughter,
Ste. Marie, as you leap;
Your peace that follows after
Where through the isles you creep.
Give to me your splendid dashing,
Give your sparkles and your splashing.
Your uphurling waves down crashing,
Then, your aftermath of sleep.



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