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EVENING SONG by JEAN TOOMER

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First Line: FULL MOON RISING ON THE WATERS OF MY HEART
Last Line: Lips pressed against my heart
Subject(s): LOVE;
Full moon rising on the waters of my heart,
Cloine tires,
Holding her lips apart.

Promises of slumber leaving shore to
charm the moon,
Miracle made vesper-keeps,
Cloine sleeps,
And I'll be sleeping soon.

Cloine, curled like the sleepy waters
whtere the moonwaves start,
Radiant, resplendently she gleams,
Cloine dreams,
Lips pressed against my heart.



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