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Good-Night

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(After The Norwegian Of Rosencrantz Johnsen)     Midnight, and through the blind the moonlight stealing     On silver feet across the sleeping room,     Ah, moonlight, what is this thou art revealing -     Her breast, a great sweet lily in the gloom.     It is their bed, white little isle of bliss     In the dark wilderness of midnight sea, -     Hush! 'tis their hearts still beating from the kiss,     The warm dark kiss that only night may see.     Their cheeks still burn, they close and nestle yet,     Ere, with faint breath, they falter out good-night,     Her hand in his upon the coverlet     Lies in the silver pathway of the light.     (LILLEHAMMER, August 22, 1892.)

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