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“June Twilight” by John Masefield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (1 Jun 1878 – 12 May 1967)
The twilight comes; the sun
Dips down and sets,
The boys have done
Play at the nets.
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In a warm golden glow
The woods are steeped.
The shadows grow;
The bat has cheeped.
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Sweet smells the new-mown hay;
The mowers pass
Home, each his way,
Through the grass.
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The night-wind stirs the fern,
A night-jar spins;
The windows burn
In the inns.
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Dusky it grows. The moon!
The dews descend.
Love, can this beauty in our hearts
End?