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Muskeeters!

SOFTLY shines the autumn moon, -

Softly, gently, sweetly, brightly;

Ah, it is a precious boon

'Neath its rays to slumber lightly.

Earth and I in the pure beams

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All our hurts and griefs are healing;

Nature full of music seems, -

Still so gently o'er me stealing.

Dreamland vaguely seems to float

Like a seaweed on the ocean, -

Seems to rock me like a boat

With an undulating motion;

But I start up from repose

With an agitated feeling,

For that music comes and goes,

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