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LIFE is a night all dark and wild, / Yet still stars shine: / This moment is a star, my child- / Your star and mine.
Life is a desert dry and drear, / Undewed, unblest; / This hour is an oasis, dear; / Here let us rest.
Life is a sea of windy spray, / Cold, fierce and free: / An isle enchanted is to-day / For you and me.
Forget night, sea, and desert: take / The gift supreme, / And, of life's brief relenting, make / A deathless dream.