by Frederick William Harvey (1888 - 1957)

Goddess of Night
Language: English 
Calm with the calm of all old earth has taken
To her peaceful breast
And will not waken,
Pale with passion of Life that never dies;
You sit there watching us,
Watching us with with clear bright eyes.

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