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Silence of the night , a sad, nocturnalsilence--Why does my soul tremble so
I hear the humming of my blood,and a soft storm passes through my brain
Insomnia
Not to be able to sleep, and yetto dream

The earth, still heavy and warm with afternoon,
Dazed by the moon:
The earth, tormented with the moon’s light,
Wandering in the night:

You that have heard the heartbeat of the night,you that have heard, in the long, sleepless hours,a closing door, the rumble of distant wheels,a vague echo, a wandering sound from somewhere:you, in the moments of mysterious silence,when the forgott...

Exquisite stillness
What
Of earth and air
How bright atop the

Always I knew that it could not last (Gathering clouds, and the snowflakes flying),
Now it is part of the golden past (Darkening skies, and the night-wind sighing);
It is but cowardice to pretend
Cover with ashes our love's cold cra...

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Moonlight silvers the tops of trees,
Moonlight whitens the lilac shadowed
And through the evening fall,

Струи лунные,
Среброструнные,
Поэтичные,
Грустью нежные, —

Mother died last night,
Mother who never dies.
Winter was in the air,
many months away