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The Sunset Of Romanticism

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How beautiful a new sun is when it rises,     flashing out its greeting, like an explosion!     Happy, whoever hails with sweet emotion     its descent, nobler than a dream, to our eyes!     I remember! Ive seen all, flower, furrow, fountain,     swoon beneath its look, like a throbbing heart     Lets run quickly, its late, towards the horizon,     to catch at least one slanting ray as it departs!     But I pursue the vanishing God in vain:     irresistible Night establishes its sway,     full of shudders, black, dismal, cold:     an odour of the tomb floats in the shadow,     at the swamps edge, feet faltering I go,     bruising damp slugs, and unexpected toads.

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