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Night with all her negro train

Quote byChristopher Smart · 1722–1771

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ode XIV. A Night-Piece; or, Modern Philosophy (1748).

English (original)

Night with all her negro train, Took possession of the plain; In an hearse she rode reclin'd. Drawn by screech-owls slow and blind: Close to her, with printless feet, Crept Stillness in a winding sheet.

— Christopher Smart

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