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Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
 To me at least was never evening yet
 But seemed far beautifuller than its day.  
 To me at least was never evening yet
 But seemed far beautifuller than its day. 
 At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still
 And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,
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 At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still
 And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,
  When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill
   And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove. 
 When day is done, and clouds are low,
 And flowers are honey-dew,
  And Hesper's lamp begins to read more 
 When day is done, and clouds are low,
 And flowers are honey-dew,
  And Hesper's lamp begins to glow
   Along the western blue;
    And homeward wing the turtle-doves,
     Then comes the hour the poet loves. 
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch read more
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish
 The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
 The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
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 The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
 The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
  Moans round with many voices. 
 Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour
 When pleasure, like the midnight flower
  That scorns the eye read more 
 Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour
 When pleasure, like the midnight flower
  That scorns the eye of vulgar light,
   Begins to bloom for sons of night. 
 Now came still evening on; and twilight gray
 Had in her sober livery all things clad:
  Silence read more 
 Now came still evening on; and twilight gray
 Had in her sober livery all things clad:
  Silence accompanied; for beast and bird,
   They to they grassy couch, these to their nests,
    Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. 
 But when eve's silent footfall steals
 Along the eastern sky,
  And one by one to earth reveals
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 But when eve's silent footfall steals
 Along the eastern sky,
  And one by one to earth reveals
   Those purer fires on high.