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SONGS OF TRAVEL: 20 by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

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First Line: THE MORNING DRUM-CALL ON MY EAGER EAR
Last Line: (MY WORK UNTRIMMED) THE SUNSET GUN TOO SOON.

The morning drum-call on my eager ear
Thrills unforgotten yet; the morning dew
Lies yet undried along my field of noon.
But now I pause at whiles in what I do,
And count the bell, and tremble lest I hear
(My work untrimmed) the sunset gun too soon.



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