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THE PRESENT AGE by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON

First Line: WE STAND UPON A BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO STARS
Last Line: AND KNOW THE MORNING-STAR SHALL BRING THE LIGHT.

WE stand upon a bridge between two stars,
And one is half engulfed in the Abyss,
While unarisen still the other is,
Hidden behind the Orient's cloudy bars.

We tread indeed a perilous path by night,
Yet we who walk in darkness unaghast
Prepare the future and redeem the past,
And know the Morning-star shall bring the light.



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