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THE BASS To whom do the bass pay homage, Leaping to break the dimness Of the reedy, dawn-gray water? I heard the rare message From Sirius and Capella, The Dog-Star and the Goat, Whom I saw as I rode to this water Over the empty streets And the houses cold with dream. They have paled into the sunlight That whitens the upper air, But they say still: "Come, "We are the great fireflies, Sweeter than soft minnows. Take us before we fade." And the shape with the whispering lure, The dark shape with the net, Draws them to that shore. [924] ...

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