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1860–1932

NIGHTFALL IN SLIGO

Clinton Scollard

I heard the bells of Sligo say The tranquil requiem of day. I saw the fires of sunset burn Dim in the great west's golden urn.

O'er Calvary's sharp spire afar Clear flowered one hyacinthine star. Then mother Night her children hid Under her purple coverlid.

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