To a Dead Friend by Langston Hughes — Read

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The moon still sends its mellow light / Through the purple blackness of the night;

The morning star is palely bright / Before the dawn.

The sun still shines just as before;

The rose still grows beside my door, / But you have gone.

The sky is blue and the robin sings;

The butterflies dance on rainbow wings / Though I am sad.

In all the earth no joy can be;

Happiness comes no more to me, / For you are dead.

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