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ON THE LUTES OF FRANCE: A DREAM by THOMAS WALSH

First Line: SOME FAIR RETIREMENT WHERE ALWAYS
Last Line: SOME BOOKS WITH HORACE'S FAIR LINES.
Subject(s): DREAMS; NIGHT; NIGHTMARES; BEDTIME;

SOME fair retirement where always
The nights shall be serene and still—
With shadowless and shining days,
With songs to speak their sovereign will.
Some white old house upon the heights,
And there, perchance, some roguish maid
To calm thy heart with her delights
Till every care aside is laid.—
A garden to the winds displayed,
Its terrace perfumed with the pines—
Some books with Horace's fair lines.



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