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There comes to me in dreams a small white house,

on a steep hill, in an air of perfect

tranquillity; the hill’s greenery is compact

and solitary; it’s the hour of blessedness.

There comes to me in dreams a goat that glances

up at me, nearby, small and sweet – an act

of calm humanity, as though a silent pact

bound us. Then she goes on eating grass.

The sun dips towards its setting; it draws a sparkle,

a gilded splendour from the windowed front

of that solitary house up on the height.

And all the sweetness that life has in it

was concentrated in that single point,

that single flare, that ultimate farewell.