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A Summer Night
By Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard (18231902)I
Aromatic fire;
The trees, the vines, the flowers are astir
With tender desire.
Enamored with light;
And a thousand creatures softly sing
A song to the night.
Praises to thee?
Come, Night! unveil the beautiful soul
That waiteth for me.