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Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage War with the lines of Darkness and the moon, Pale ghost of Night, comes haunting the cold earth After the sun's red sea-death--quietless.

Philip James Bailey

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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
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Poet
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P. J. Bailey
Night
Moon
Wage
Earth
Darkness
Rush
World
Cold
Pale
Lines
Ghost
Stars
Forth
War
Red
Jewelled
Comes
Sea
Myriads
Death
Sun
Haunting

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