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VESPERS by FREDERIC FAIRCHILD SHERMAN

First Line: THE STARS AT DUSK, GREAT CANDLES, LIGHT
Last Line: UPON THE WORLD IN DREAMS.

The stars at dusk, great candles, light
The blue dome of the sky;
The wind, a prayer, from out the night
Goes up to God on high.

The choir of Heaven down the aisle
Of Nature's temple goes,
And through the twilight drifts awhile
The incense of the rose.

Silence, God's benediction, ends
The vespers; and, it seems,
Once more Peace like a dove descends
Upon the world in dreams.



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