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THE NYMPH ASLEEP by ANDRE MARIE CHENIER

First Line: I KNOW WHEN NOON DRIVES SHADOWWARD THEIR FEET
Last Line: HER REED-ENCIRCLED FOREHEAD WHILE SHE DREAMS.
Subject(s): NYMPHS;
I KNOW when noon drives shadowward their feet
With silent tread to find their cool retreat,
Where thro' the cresses and the pebbled ooze
The roaming Naiad a random path doth choose
I gaze my fill upon the pale nymph shown
With bare limbs lissom on the green bank prone,
Who droops on to her hand, by lulling streams
Her reed-encircled forehead while she dreams.



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