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1884–1933

The Song for Colin

Sara Teasdale

I sang a song at dusking time Beneath the evening star, And Terence left his latest rhyme To answer from afar.

Pierrot laid down his lute to weep, And sighed, “She sings for me.” But Colin slept a careless sleep Beneath an apple tree.

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