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O’er The Wood’s Brow

Paul Verlaine

O’er the wood’s brow,
   Pale, the moon stares;
In every bough
   Wandering airs
Faintly suspire. . . .

O heart’s-desire!

Two willow-trees
   Waver and weep,
One in the breeze,
   One in the deep
Glass of the stream. . . .

Dream we our dream!

An infinite
   Resignedness
Rains where the white
   Mists opalesce
In the moon-shower. . . .

Stay, perfect hour!

Translated by Gertrude Hall

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From Poems of Paul Verlaine
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