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First Line: All night the cocks crew, under a moon like day
Last Line: From the night giving off flames, and the dark renewing.
Alternate Author Name(s): Holden, Raymond, Mrs.
Subject(s): Sleep; Dreams; Nightmares


ALL night the cocks crew, under a moon like day,
And I, in the cage of sleep, on a stranger breast,
Shed tears, like a task not to be put away --
In the false light, false grief in my happy bed,
A labor of tears, held against joy's undoing.
I would not wake at your word. I had tears to say.
I caught at the bars of the dream, and they were said,
And pain's derisive hand had given me rest
From the night giving off flames, and the dark renewing.




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