How sweet the moonlight sleeps

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Lyricist: William Shakespeare, from THe Merchant of Venice Act V, Scene 1.

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How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit and let the sounds of music
creep in our ears. Soft stillness and the night
become the touches of sweet harmony.

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