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IN NEW YORK: 4. IN THE NIGHT by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY

First Line: DRIFTING, GROPING / FOR DELIGHT
Last Line: NOT THERE?
Subject(s): LOVE; NIGHT; SLEEP; WIND; BEDTIME;
Drifting, groping
For delight;
Longing, hoping
All the night.
Perfume of
Blossomed hair --
Where is love?
Ah, no, not there! . . .
Not there.

Turning, turning,
Sleepless-eyed,
Something burning
At my side --
Winds that sweep
Poppied hair,
Where is sleep?
Ah, no, not there! . . .
Not there?



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