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THE DAWN-BURST by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: LO, NOW THE DEAD VOLCANO NIGHT
Last Line: OF SONG FORETOLD.
Subject(s): DAWN; SUNRISE;

Lo, now the dead volcano Night
In silence cold
Throbs; and the prisoned lava, long controlled,
Bursts forth in molten gold --
A torrent mightier far than rolled
From Aetna or Vesuvius of old,
Or ever prophet on the sacred height
Of song foretold.



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