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IS NOT TODAY ENOUGH by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

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First Line: IS NOT TODAY ENOUGH? WHY DO I PEER
Last Line: CHARGED WITH THE LOAD THAT MAKES THEE FAINT AND MOURN?

Is not to-day enough? Why do I peer
Into the darkness of the day to come?
Is not to-morrow even as yesterday?
And will the day that follows change thy doom?
Few flowers grow upon thy wintry way;
And who waits for thee in that cheerless home
Whence thou hast fled, whither thou must return
Charged with the load that makes thee faint and mourn?



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