Margaritæ Sorori
William Ernest Henley
1849 to 1903
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A late lark twitters from the quiet skies;
And ______ the west,
Where the sun, his day's work ended,
______ as in content,
There falls on the old, grey ______
An influence luminous and serene,
A shining peace.
The ______ ascends
In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires
Shine, and ______ changed. In the valley
Shadows rise. The lark sings on. The sun,
Closing his benediction,
Sinks, and the darkening ______
Thrills with a sense of the triumphing night—
Night ______ her train of stars
And her great gift of sleep.
So be my passing!
My task accomplished and the ______ day done,
My wages taken, and in my heart
______ late lark singing,
Let me be gathered to the ______ west,
The sundown splendid and serene,
Death.