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The Tryst.

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Had fallen a fragrant shower;      The leaves were dripping yet;     Each fern and rain-weighed flower      Around were gleaming wet;     On ev'ry bosky bower      A million gems were set.     The dust's moist odors sifted      Cool with the summer rain,     Mixed with the musk that drifted      From orchard and from plain; -     Her garden's fence white lifted      Its length along the lane.     The moon the clouds had shattered      In curdled peaks of pearl;     The honeysuckle scattered      Warm odors from each curl,     Where the white moonlight, flattered,      Hung molten 'round a girl.     Then grew the night completer      With light and cloud and air;     Aromas sweet blew sweeter,      Sweet flowers fair, more fair;     Fleet feet and fast grew fleeter      Thro' that fair sorceress there.

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