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TWO A.M. by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER

First Line: WHAT EVIL IN THE YEAST OF NIGHT
Last Line: OR DOCTOR MAGNUS JUSTIFIES HIS TONIC.
Subject(s): EVIL; INSOMNIA; MALICE; SLEEPLESSNESS;
What evil in the yeast of night,
The prayers of enemies unheard by day,
A cigarette's half poisoned light,
The seals of beauty I shall never break,
The mind's lost edge—
Gives every negative a voice symphonic
To argue blood and slay
The spirit where it lies awake?
So Lucifer at last fulfils his pledge
To intercept God's way,
Or Doctor Magnus justifies his tonic.



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