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To fling my arms wide / In some place of the sun, / To whirl and to dance / Till the white day is done.

Then rest at cool evening / Beneath a tall tree / While night comes on gently, / Dark like me --

That is my dream!

To fling my arms wide / In the face of the sun, / Dance! whirl! whirl!

Till the quick day is done.

Rest at pale evening.

A tall, slim tree.

Night coming tenderly / Black like me.

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