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First Line: Night is earth's conscience; when her sombre veil
Last Line: That conscience need no longer tribute pay!
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime


Night is earth's conscience; when her sombre veil
Descends in velvet folds o'er dale and hill,
And day's discordant tasks no more assail
The weary soul, it seeks oblivion's fill.
Then phantoms dark, from half-forgotten years,
Come trooping forward with malignant mirth,
To mock at heights attained, with taunting leers,
And sit in hallow judgment on their birth.
Old wounds and scars renew their pregnant pain,
And gain afresh in anguish as they bleed
From secret founts, that seek achievement's aim;
The well-springs perish in ignoble deed.
Oh Night! Draw back thy veil that hides the day,
That conscience need no longer tribute pay!





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