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First Line: When the east lightens with strange hints of morn
Last Line: Seeing thee crowned, do know that day is near.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert
Subject(s): Future


WHEN the East lightens with strange hints of morn,
The first tinge of the growing glory takes
The cold crown of some husht high alp forlorn,
While yet o'er vales below the dark is spread.
Even so the dawning Age, in silence, breaks,
O solitary soul, on thy still head:
And we, that watch below with reverent fear,
Seeing thee crowned, do know that day is near.





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