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AS A DECADENT PASSES by DONALD EVANS

First Line: BID THE DAWN COME; THE MOONLIGHT IS TOO PALE
Last Line: NEW-CUT GARDENIAS FOR MY HEAD AND FEET.
Subject(s): DAWN; FAREWELL; LIFE; MOON; SUNRISE; PARTING;
Bid the dawn come; the moonlight is too pale;
Shadows are tiring me; the night is long.
Shabby the lures of life, and they all fail,
Nor is there music for a farewell song.

Death has prepared the most authentic thrill;
I hear the whisper of his winding sheet,
And, lo! he brings me over one lone hill
New-cut gardenias for my head and feet.



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