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AUGURY by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: BEFORE THE DAWN, 'TIS LIGHT
Last Line: WHAT NOW THE PRESENT KNOWS.
Subject(s): FUTURE;

Before the dawn, 'tis light,
If hope the vigil keep;
Before the noontide, night,
If Woe, despairing, weep:
The Future 'tis that shows
What now the present knows.



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