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WINTER DUSK by RICHARD KENDALL MUNKITTRICK

First Line: THE PROSPECT IS BARE AND WHITE
Last Line: AND WIGGLES ITS SILVER TAIL.
Subject(s): DUSK; SEA; WINTER; OCEAN;

THE prospect is bare and white,
And the air is crisp and chill;
While the ebon wings of night
Are spread on the distant hill.

The roar of the stormy sea
Seem the dirges shrill and sharp
That winter plays on the tree --
His wild AEolian harp.

In the pool that darkly creeps
In ripples before the gale,
A star like a lily sleeps
And wiggles its silver tail.



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