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First Line: Our share of night to bear
Last Line: Afterwards—day!
Variant Title(s): Poem: 621;poem: 687
Subject(s): Life


Our share of night to bear,
Our share of morning,
Our blank in bliss to fill,
Our blank in scorning.

Here a star, and there a star,
Some lost their way.
Here a mist, and there a mist,
Afterwards—day!





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