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Impressions (Author: Oscar Wilde)

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Les Silhouettes

1. 1] The sea is flecked with bars of grey,
   2] The dull dead wind is out of tune,
   3] And like a withered leaf the moon
   4] Is blown across the stormy bay.
2. 5] Etched clear upon the pallid sand
   6] The black boat lies: a sailor boy
   7] Clambers aboard in careless joy
   8] With laughing face and gleaming hand.
3. 9] And overhead the curlews cry,
   10] Where through the dusky upland grass
   11] The young brown-throated reapers pass,
   12] Like silhouettes against the sky.