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THE DAYSPRING by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHAT HAND WITH SPEAR OF LIGHT
Last Line: "IN BONDS OF BEAUTY, ONE."
Subject(s): DAY;

WHAT hand with spear of light
Hath cleft the side of Night,
And from the red wound wide
Fashioned the Dawn, his bride?

Was it the deed of Death?
Nay; but of Love, that saith,
"Henceforth be Shade and Sun,
In bonds of Beauty, one."



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