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OVER A LITTLE BED AT NIGHT .

G OOD-NIGHT , pretty sleepers of mine —
I never shall see you again:
Ah, never in shadow nor shine;
Ah, never in dew nor in rain!

In your small dreaming-dresses of white,
With the wild-bloom you gather'd to-day
In your quiet shut hands, from the light
And the dark you will wander away.

Though no graves in the bee-haunted grass,
And no love in the beautiful sky,
Shall take you as yet, you will pass,
With this kiss, through these tear-drops. Good-by!

With less gold and more gloom in their hair,
When the buds near have faded to flowers,
Three faces may wake here as fair —
But older than yours are, by hours!

Good-night, then, lost darlings of mine —
I never shall see you again:
Ah, never in shadow nor shine;
Ah, never in dew nor in rain!
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