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First Line: To horse! To horse! The veil of night sinks softly down
Last Line: The crescent moon looks softly down.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Horseback Riding


To horse! To horse! the veil of night sinks softly down.
The hills are violet, the desert brown,
And thou asleep upon the silken pillows
Within the small white town.

We ride! We ride! and o'er the sand in billows
The crescent moon looks softly down.





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