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The Silvery One

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Clear from the deep sky pours the moon     Her silver on the heavy dark;     The small stars blink.     Against the moon the maple bough     Flutters distinct her leafy spears;     All sound falls weak....     Weak the train's whistle, the dog's bark,     Slow steps; and rustling into her nest     At last, the thrush.     All's still; only earth turns and breathes.     Then that amazing trembling note     Cleaves the deep wave     Of silence. Shivers even that silvery one;     Sigh all the trees, even the cedar dark     ----O joy, and I.

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