Between Two Hills

 Between two hills
The old town stands.
The houses loom
And the roofs and trees
And the dusk and the dark,
The damp and the dew
 Are there.

The prayers are said
And the people rest
For sleep is there
And the touch of dreams
 Is over all.

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