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1872–1906

A STARRY NIGHT

Paul Laurence Dunbar

A cloud fell down from the heavens, And broke on the mountain's brow; It scattered the dusky fragments All over the vale below.

The moon and the stars were anxious To know what its fate might be; So they rushed to the azure op'ning, And all peered down to see.

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