English Poetry III: From Tennyson to Whitman.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 779. Serenade |
| | | From ‘The Spanish Student’ |
| | | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
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| STARS of the summer night! | |
| Far in yon azure deeps, | |
| Hide, hide your golden light! | |
| She sleeps! | |
| My lady sleeps! | 5 |
| Sleeps! | |
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| Moon of the summer night! | |
| Far down yon western steeps, | |
| Sink, sink in silver light! | |
| She sleeps! | 10 |
| My lady sleeps! | |
| Sleeps! | |
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| Wind of the summer night! | |
| Where yonder woodbine creeps, | |
| Fold, fold thy pinions light! | 15 |
| She sleeps! | |
| My lady sleeps! | |
| Sleeps! | |
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| Dreams of the summer night! | |
| Tell her, her lover keeps | 20 |
| Watch! while in slumbers light | |
| She sleeps! | |
| My lady sleeps! | |
| Sleeps! | |
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