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SONGS TO A.H.R.: 10. ASSUAGEMENT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: How close tonight the whippoorwill
Last Line: But love's star-builded roof.
Subject(s): Birds; Life; Love; Moon; Whipporwills


How close tonight the whippoorwill
Calls, as the stars come out;
And then how like a far echo -- shrill
No more, but a dream-shout.
How softly there does the Infinite
Lift up the silver moon,
And then how silently He sets
Our care-sick hearts in tune.

How soothingly does the night-wind sigh,
And ease the earth to sleep.
How fugitive is the cricket's cry,
But, oh, with life how deep.
How vastly stretches the universe,
How lone and how aloof,
Until our hands touch -- then it seems
But love's star-builded roof.





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