Versos English William Ernest Henley Xx

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After the grim daylight, Night-- Night and the stars and the sea! Only the sea, and the stars And the star-shown sails and spars-- Naught else in the night for me!

Over the northern height, Light-- Light and the dawn of a day With nothing for me but a breast Laboured with love's unrest, And the irk of an idle May!