New poems and variant readings/Soon our friends perish

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New poems and variant readings (1918)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Soon our friends perish
As one who having wandered all night long
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1916651New poems and variant readings — Soon our friends perish1918Robert Louis Stevenson
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SOON OUR FRIENDS PERISH

Soon our friends'perish.
Soon all we cherish
Fades as days darken—goes as flowers go.
Soon in December
Over an ember,
Lonely we hearken, as loud winds blow.

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