The Rosy Hearth, The Lamplight's Narrow Beam

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Title:     The Rosy Hearth, The Lamplight's Narrow Beam
Author: Paul Verlaine [More Titles by Verlaine]

The rosy hearth, the lamplight's narrow beam,
The meditation that is rather dream,
With looks that lose themselves in cherished looks;
The hour of steaming tea and banished books;
The sweetness of the evening at an end,
The dear fatigue, and right to rest attained,
And worshipped expectation of the night,--
Oh, all these things, in unrelenting flight,
My dream pursues through all the vain delays,
Impatient of the weeks, mad at the days!

[The end]
Paul Verlaine's poem: Rosy Hearth, The Lamplight's Narrow Beam

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