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THE WRAITHEE'S MESSAGE by FENTON JOHNSON

First Line: LAST NIGHT BEFORE MY WINDOW CAME
Last Line: LONG WEARY OF MY FEVERISH DREAMS.

Last night before my window came
A wraithie bathed in living flame,
"I am a herald of the night,
I am a lonely, lonely wight.

"Beside the sea a maiden dwells,
Her voice the sound of lighthouse bells,
Her eyes the green of starlit sea,
Her soul a dwelling place for thee.

"Good dreamer, I have touched her heart,
With burning song I touched her heart
And now her dreams are all of thee --
This maiden by the deathless sea."

Oh, lead me hence, good elf of night,
Oh, lead to her signal light;
For I am weary of my dreams,
Long weary of my feverish dreams.



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