“Blot out the moon,
Pull down the stars.
Love in the dark, for we're for the dark
So soon, so soon.”
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Bientôt nous plongerons dans les froides ténèbres;<br>Adieu, vive clarté de nos étés trop courts! <br class="br">"Chant d'Automne" [Song of Autumn] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Chant_d%E2%80%99automne <br class="br">Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857)
