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close of day.?Grieve not, sweetheart, for anything -- -?The year, the year is gathering.
XXXIV
Sleep now, O sleep now,?O you unquiet heart!?A voice crying "Sleep now"?Is heard in my heart.
The voice of the winter?Is heard at the door.?O sleep, for the winter?Is crying "Sleep no more."
My kiss will give peace now?And quiet to your heart -- -?Sleep on in peace now,?O you unquiet heart!
XXXV
All day I hear the noise of waters?Making moan,?Sad as the sea-bird is when, going?Forth alone,?He hears the winds cry to the water's?Monotone.?The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing?Where I go.?I hear the noise of many waters?Far below.?All day, all night, I hear them flowing?To and fro.
XXXVI
I hear an army charging upon the land,?And the thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees: Arrogant, in black armour, behind them stand,?Disdaining the reins, with fluttering ships, the charioteers. They cry unto the night their battle-name:?I moan in sleep when I hear afar their whirling laughter.?They cleave the gloom of dreams, a blinding flame,?Clanging, clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil.?They come shaking in triumph their long, green hair:?They come out of the sea and run shouting by the shore.?My heart, have you no wisdom thus to despair??My love, my love, my love, why have you left me alone?
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