“To all, to each, a fair good-night,
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light!”
L'Envoy.
Marmion (1808)
“These nymphs I would perpetuate.
So clear
Their light carnation, that it floats in the air
Heavy with tufted slumbers. Was it a dream I loved?”
The Afternoon of a Faun (1876)
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So clear
Their light carnation, that it floats in the air
Heavy with tufted slumber…" by Stéphane Mallarmé?
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