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Too Solemn For Day, Too Sweet For Night

William Sidney Walker

Too solemn for day, too sweet for night,
  Come not in darkness, come not in light;
But come in some twilight interim,
  When the gloom is soft, and the light is dim.
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From The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250-1900 | Clarendon, 1919
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