Evening Sky

	Is the night chilly and dark?
15	The night is chilly, but not dark.
	The thin gray cloud is spread on high,
	It covers but not hides the sky.
	The moon is behind, and at the full;
	And yet she looks both small and dull.
20	The night is chill, the cloud is gray:
	'Tis a month before the month of May,
	And the Spring comes slowly up this way.

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