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THE ECLIPSE by RAY CLARKE ROSE

First Line: FROM GAUZY MISTS OF FAR, TRANSLUCENT WHITE
Last Line: PASSED SLOWLY INTO A COMPLETE ECLIPSE.
Subject(s): ASTRONOMY & ASTRONOMERS; ECLIPSES;

From gauzy mists of far, translucent white
Diana smiled upon her lord the Earth,
And all the trysting, star-embowered night
Beheld the sight with flashing eyes of mirth.
But Earth, as wooed to leave his ancient place,
With his dark presence kissed Diana's lips;
And then—oh, then!—her ardent, blushing face
Passed slowly into a complete eclipse.



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