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TWO SONGS: SECOND SONG by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE

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First Line: AH, NO! AH, NO! I WOULD NOT GO
Last Line: THEN LET THESE OUTWORN PULSES CEASE.
Ah, no! Ah, no! I would not go
While earth and heaven are black: --
When all is wildly drear and dark,
Guard, guard, O God! this vital spark!

But I would go when winds are low,
And distant, dreamy rills
Are heard to lapse with lingering flow,
Between the twilight hills:
With earth, and wave, and heaven at peace,
@3Then@1 let these outworn pulses cease.



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