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NOON: 1 by WINIFRED LUCAS

First Line: THE NIGHT OF SLEEP IS ALWAYS NEAR
Last Line: TO THROB UPON A HUMAN BREAST.
Subject(s): NOON;

THE night of sleep is always near,
Where human stars go out and in;
And this of mine, that's waxing there,
Wanes to the daylight dust and din.

But the soft pulses, felt afar,
Of childhood's half-reluctant rest,
Still leave the little earthly star
To throb upon a human breast.



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