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I closed my shutters fast last night, / Reluctantly and slow, / So pleading was the purple sky / With all the lights hung low; / I left my lagging heart outside / Within the dark alone, / I heard it singing through the gloom / A wordless, anguished tone.
Upon my sleepless couch I lay / Until the tranquil morn / Came through the silver silences / To bring my heart forlorn, / Restoring it with calm caress / Unto its sheltered bower, / While whispering: "Await, await / Your golden, perfect hour. "