Night of south winds
Key
| Textual Feature | Appearance |
|---|---|
| Overwritten | brown with strikethrough |
| Added inline | purple with double underline |
| Uncertain | gray with wavy underline |
| Supplied from another source | turquoise with brackets |
| Metamark | |
| Long deletion | gray background with top and bottom border |
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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 vitreousshower 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 oflarge 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]
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[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 dark, mottling the tide of the river! Earth of the vitreous
tinged with blue!
clearer for my sake! Earth of
Earth!
