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Impression (Author: Oscar Wilde)

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Le Réveillon

1. 1] The sky is laced with fitful red,
   2] The circling mists and shadows flee,
   3] The dawn is rising from the sea,
   4] Like a white lady from her bed.
2. 5] And jagged brazen arrows fall
   6] Athwart the feathers of the night,
   7] And a long wave of yellow light
   8] Breaks silently on tower and hall,
3. 9] And spreading wide across the wold,
   10] Wakes into flight some fluttering bird,
   11] And all the chestnut tops are stirred,
   12] And all the branches streaked with gold.