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L'ENVOI by FENTON JOHNSON

First Line: THE DREAMER NODS, AND HONEYED SLEEP
Last Line: "IT LIVES... IT LIVES BEYOND THE YEARS."

The dreamer nods, and honeyed sleep
His eyelids woo; his day is done.
No more the vision burns his soul,
But lives within his memory.
Her shadow mantle Evening drops;
The bee is drowsy on the vine;
From heart of rose the pollen drips,
And dripping blinds the fairy's eye.
Across the surging tide of Night
Comes reasonant the voice of God
"Oh Love! -- True love is best of all;
It lives... it lives beyond the years."



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