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FOR KATRINA'S WINDOW; IN HER GARDEN OF YADDO by HENRY VAN DYKE

First Line: THIS IS THE WINDOW'S MESSAGE
Last Line: LET IN EVERY RAY OF LIGHT.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; WINDOWS;
THIS is the window's message,
In silence, to the Queen:
"Thou hast a double kingdom
And I am set between:
Look out and see the glory,
On hill and plain and sky:
Look in and see the light of love
That nevermore shall die!"

@3L'ENVOI

Window in the Queen's high tower,
This shall be thy magic power!
Shut the darkness and the doubt,
Shut the storm and conflict, out;
Wind and hail and snow and rain
Dash against thee all in vain.
Let in nothing from the night, --
Let in every ray of light.@1



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