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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MYSTERY, by NELLIE H. MOORE
First Line: I walked among the purple hills
Last Line: Into a darkness we call night.
Subject(s): Nature; Night; Bedtime
First Line: I walked among the purple hills
Last Line: Into a darkness we call night.
Subject(s): Nature; Night; Bedtime
I walked among the purple hills
As eventide was gathering fast,
And watched the pretty, prancing rills
Below the hilltops, bubble past.
I tarried now and then with flowers,
Or listened to the birds' sweet song,
Drifting through the forest bowers
In melodies that lingered long.
I sat me down as nature's guest,
To watch an artisan at play --
Start out upon a mysterious quest
In sable robes that dared not day.
But a shadow came and kissed the light
Into a darkness we call night.
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