"Bruce Holland Rogers - A Common Night" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rogers Bruce Holland)

Even in daylight thou seemst to say,
 I'm in the shadows, come, come away.

Not long do we tarry, swift ends the day.

Dark of the nightfall, beautiful Dark!

Dark of the nightfall, beautiful Dark!

* * *


Beau-- ootiful Daa-- aark!

Beau-- ootiful Daa-- aark!

Darkness of Nightfall,

Beautiful, beautiful Dark!

* * *


Creep in about us, comforting gloom,

Without your predations, we'd run out of room,

We welcome you, welcome you, welcome you, doom.

Dark of the nightfall, beautiful Dark!

Dark of the nightfall, beautiful Dark!

* * *


Beau-- ootiful Daa-- aark!

Beau-- ootiful Daa-- aark! br>
Darkness of Nightfall,

Beautiful, beautiful Dark!

"Chorus again!" cried one of the voices, just as Julian found himself in absolute blackness. The
branches stopped pushing. All the trees had just begun to repeat the chorus when a very different voice
called out, "Time for the judging! He's needed for the judging!"
"Out, out, out, then!" said one of the tree voices while the rest continued to sing. Branches swept him
forward again, but not, to Julian's dismay, back into the light. It was as dark as ever when the words
faded into the distance: