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The Harmony Of Evening

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Now it is nearly time when, quivering on its stem,     Each flower, like a censer, sprinkles out its scent;     Sounds and perfumes are mingling in the evening air;     Waltz of a mournfulness and languid vertigo!     Each flower, like a censer, sprinkles out its scent,     The violin is trembling like a grieving heart,     Waltz of a mournfulness and languid vertigo!     The sad and lovely sky spreads like an altar-cloth;     The violin is trembling like a grieving heart,     A tender heart, that hates non-being, vast and black!     The sad and lovely sky spreads like an altar-cloth;     The sun is drowning in its dark, congealing blood.     A tender heart that hates non-being, vast and black     Assembles every glowing vestige of the past!     The sun is drowning in its dark, congealing blood...     In me your memory, as in a monstrance, shines!

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