CENTRAL PARK AT DUSK - George Meredith Poems

 
 

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CENTRAL PARK AT DUSK
Buildings above the leafless trees
Loom high as castles in a dream,

While one by one the lamps come out
To thread the twilight with a gleam.

There is no sign of leaf or bud,
A hush is over everything--

Silent as women wait for love,
The world is waiting for the spring.

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