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Glow-worms on the ground are moving,
As if in the torch-dance circling.
Glow-worms on the ground are moving,
As if in the torch-dance circling.
When evening closes Nature's eye,
The glow-worm lights her little spark
To captivate her favorite fly
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When evening closes Nature's eye,
The glow-worm lights her little spark
To captivate her favorite fly
And tempt the rover through the dark.
Here's a health to the glow-worm, Death's sober lamplighter.
Here's a health to the glow-worm, Death's sober lamplighter.
Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge,
The glow-worm lights his gem; and through the dark,
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Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge,
The glow-worm lights his gem; and through the dark,
A moving radiance twinkles.
Till glowworms light owl-watchmen's flight
Through our green metropolis.
Till glowworms light owl-watchmen's flight
Through our green metropolis.
The glowworm shows the matin to be near
And gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
The glowworm shows the matin to be near
And gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
Ye living lamps, by whose dear light
The nightingale does sit so late;
And studying all the read more
Ye living lamps, by whose dear light
The nightingale does sit so late;
And studying all the summer night,
Her matchless songs does meditate.
Tasteful illumination of the night,
Bright scattered, twinkling star of spangled earth.
Tasteful illumination of the night,
Bright scattered, twinkling star of spangled earth.
