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Dying! Dying in the night! Dying! Dying in the night! Won't somebody bring the light So I can see which way to go Into the everlasting snow? And "Jesus"! Where is Jesus gone? They said that Jesus — always came — Perhaps he... Poet:	Good Night! Which put the Candle out? Good Night! Which put the Candle out? A jealous Zephyr — not a doubt — Ah, friend, you little knew How long at that celestial wick The Angels — labored diligent — Extinguished — now — for you! It... Poet:	Good night, because we must, Good night, because we must, How intricate the dust! I would go, to know! Oh incognito! Saucy, Saucy Seraph To elude me so! Father! they won't tell me, Won't you tell them to? Poet:	Her sweet Weight on my Heart a Night Her sweet Weight on my Heart a Night Had scarcely deigned to lie — When, stirring, for Belief's delight, My Bride had slipped away — If 'twas a Dream — made solid — just The Heaven to confirm — Or if... Poet:
His Heart was darker than the starless night His Heart was darker than the starless night For that there is a morn But in this black Receptacle Can be no Bode of Dawn Poet:	My Spectre around me night & day * * *^[1] My Spectre around me night & day Like a Wild beast guards my way My Emanation far within Weeps incessantly for my Sin... Poet:	On such a night, or such a night, On such a night, or such a night, Would anybody care If such a little figure Slipped quiet from its chair — So quiet — Oh how quiet, That nobody might know But that the little figure ... Poet:	Our share of night to bear — Poet:
Rest at Night Rest at Night The Sun from shining, Nature — and some Men — Rest at Noon — some Men — While Nature And the Sun — go on — Poet:	Silent, Silent Night * * * Silent, Silent Night Quench the holy light Of thy torches bright. For possess'd of Day Thousand spirits stray That sweet joys betray. Why should joys be... Poet: