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After the Dazzle of Day.

After the dazzle of day is gone
 Only the dark night shows to my eyes the stars;
 After the clangor of organ majestic or chorus or
       perfect band
 Silent athwart my soul moves the symphony
       true.

WALT WHITMAN.

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Publication Information
"After the Dazzle of Day."  New York Herald  3 February 1888:  4.  Reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to Leaves of Grass (1888).

Whitman Archive ID
per.00111


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