Goodnight with . . . Dream-Song

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Dream-Song
by Walter De La Mare

“Sunlight, moonlight,
Twilight, starlight—
Gloaming at the close of day,
And an owl calling,
Cool dews falling
In a wood of oak and may.

Lantern-light, taper-light,
Torchlight, no-light:
Darkness at the shut of day,
And lions roaring,
Their wrath pouring
In wild waste places far away.

Elf-light, bat-light,
Touchwood-light and toad-light,
And the sea a shimmering gloom of grey,
And a small face smiling
In a dream’s beguiling
In a world of wonders far away.”

Art by Warwick Goble

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Text and image source: Petie Barre https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Fw8JaP7ChCdniNJbDKKNSawQDjjMCyb577HmGPqgMT6P4tk7GC6ckBLLrrSy2Pojl&id=100032362197041&mibextid=Nif5oz