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SUNSET OF WATTEAU, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: The silk sail fills, the soft winds wake


LUI
The silk sail fills, the soft winds wake ,
Arise and tempt the seas;
Our ocean is the Palace lake,
Our waves the ripples that we make
Among the mirrored trees.


ELLE
Nay, sweet the shore, and sweet the song,
And dear the languid dream;
The music mingled all day long
With paces of the dancing throng,
And murmur of the stream.


An hour ago, an hour ago,
We rested in the shade;
And now, why should we seek to know
What way the wilful waters flow?
There is no fairer glade.






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