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And far in the hazy distance
 Of that lovely night in June,
The blaze of the flaming furnace
 Gleamed redder than the moon.

Among the long, black rafters
 The wavering shadows lay,
And the current that came from the ocean
 Seemed to lift and bear them away;

As, sweeping and eddying through them,
 Rose the belated tide,
And, streaming into the moonlight,
 The seaweed floated wide.

And like those waters rushing
 Among the wooden piers,
A flood of thoughts came o'er me
 That filled my eyes with tears.