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DAWN.

ITH a ring of silver,
 And a ring of gold,
And a red, red rose
 Which illumines her face,
The sun, like a lover
 Who glows and is bold,
Wooes the lovely earth
 To his strong embrace.

EVE.

N millions of pieces
 The beautiful rings
And the scattered petals
 Of the rose so red,
The sun, like a lover
 Who is weary, flings
On the lonely earth
 When the day is dead.

DREAMS.

YSTERIOUS shapes, with wands of joy and pain,
Which seize us unaware in helpless sleep,
And lead us to the houses where we keep
Our secrets hid, well barred by every chain