Day's End
In evening as the sun goes down She twists and dances mindlessly Life, in her brash effrontery. But also, when above the town The night has risen, charming, vast, Blessing the hungry with its peace, Obliterating all disgrace, The Poet tells himself: 'At last! My spirit, like my backbone, seems Intent on finding its repose; The heart so full of mournful dreams, I'll stretch out on my weary back And roll up in your curtains, those Consoling comforters of black!'
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"In evening as the sun goes down..."
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