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 == Red Stars of the Night ==

By Lizette Woodworth Reese

RED stars of the night

White flowers of the dawn, My young golden lover

Has left me and gone.

From the songs on the shelf,

From the cloak gray as dew,

From the herbs in the garden,

From me and from you.

To a house in a field

With a fast-locked door;

And silence, dark silence,

From the roof to the floor.