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Night of south winds

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Overwritten brown with strikethrough
Added inline purple with double underline
Uncertain gray with wavy underline
Supplied from another source turquoise with brackets
Metamark green with triple underline
Long deletion gray background with top and bottom border
  [begin leaf 1 recto] [cut away] Still ^[cut away] Night of Sleep—my bridal Night! Night of south winds—Night of the large few sta[cut away] Still slumberous night— Mad, naked, summer Night! ¶* Smile, for your lover comes! Smile, O voluptuous, procreant Earth! Earth of the nodding and beckoning ^sub[illegible] liquid trees! Earth of the mountains, misty-topt! Earth of departed sunset—Earth of shine and 
  dark, mottling the tide of the river!
Earth of the vitreous shower fall of the full moon, just 
  tinged with blue! as she rises!
Earth of the limpid gray of clouds purer and 
  clearer for my sake!
Earth of large far arms—rich apple-blossomed 
  Earth!
Smile [illegible] for your lover comes.— Smile for your lover comes! Spread round me Earth! Spread with your curtained hours; Take me as many a time you've taken; Till springing up in Prodigal! you have given me love; Sustenance, happiness, health have given; Therefore I to you give love; O, unspeakable, vital passionate love! Spread round me, Earth—Spread with your over round me, curtained hours Till springing up in the morning, twilight, again I cross your[cut away] 36   [begin leaf 1 verso]
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