And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Waif: A Collection of Poems

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Proem." The Waif: A Collection of Poems. Boston: John Owen, 1845, st. 11.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Day Is Done." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, st. 11.

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And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.