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NOCTURNE

Clouds of passion and of power,
Flames of incense, lift!


Come, for the world is turning
To meet the morning star!
Answer my spirit's yearning
And seek the arms that call thee from afar:
Let them close—ah, let them close
Around thee now, and lure thee to repose.

1878

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