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retirement poem

last midnight
pharaoh, king of egypt's land
now that i have cooled to you
little gate was reached at last
lo! 'tis a gala night
i saw the clouds among the hills
it tells of good old times
i have seen the proudest stars
in the dark and peace of my final bed
shades of night were falling fast
beautiful, tragical faces
against the green flame of the hawthorn-tree
which keeps

 



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