Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal

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Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;
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Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;
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Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font.
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The firefly wakens; waken thou with me.


[Chorus]

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Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost,
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And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.
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Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars,
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And all thy heart lies open unto me.


[Bridge]

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Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves
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A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me.


[Verse 2]

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Now folds the lily all her sweetness up,
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And slips into the bosom of the lake.
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So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip
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Into my bosom and be lost in me.