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When I Heard at the Close of the Day | Love Poems · Ririro.com - Poetry

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  Speaker 1: When I heard at the close of the day, when
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  Speaker 1: I heard at the close of the day, how my
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  Speaker 1: name had been received with plottits in the capitol. Still
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  Speaker 1: it was not a happy night for me that followed.
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  Speaker 1: And else when I caroused, or when my plans were accomplished,
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  Speaker 1: still I was not happy. But the day when I
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  Speaker 1: rose at dawn from the bed of perfect health, refreshed,
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  Speaker 1: singing inhaling the ripe breath of autumn, when I saw
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  Speaker 1: the full moon in the west grow pale and disappear
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  Speaker 1: in the morning light, when I wandered alone over the
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  Speaker 1: beach and undressing, bathed, laughing with the cool waters, and
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  Speaker 1: saw the sun rise. And when I thought how my
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  Speaker 1: dear friend, my lover, was on his way coming, Oh
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  Speaker 1: then I was happy. Oh then each breath tasted sweeter.
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  Speaker 1: And all that day my food nourished me more. And
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  Speaker 1: the beautiful day passed well, and the next came with
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  Speaker 1: equal joy, And with the next, at evening came my friend.
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  Speaker 1: And that night, while all was still, I heard the
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  Speaker 1: waters roll slowly continually up the shores. I heard the
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  Speaker 1: hissing rustle of the liquid and sands as directed to me,
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  Speaker 1: whispering to congratulate me for the one I love most
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  Speaker 1: lay sleeping by me under the same cover in the
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  Speaker 1: cool night, in the stillness, in the autumn moonbeams. His
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  Speaker 1: face was inclined toward me, and his arm lay lightly
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  Speaker 1: around my breast, And that night I was happy.